linux-kernel - Re: [patch] mtd: maps: sa1100-flash: potential NULL dereference

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Date:	Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:54:04 -0700
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	Frans Klaver <fransklaver@...il.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] mtd: maps: sa1100-flash: potential NULL dereference

On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 12:00:41PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> I like the Fixes tag because it was my invention.  :)  It's a separate
> thing from -stable.

Ha, nice. Well I have nothing against the tag, and nothing against this
patch. It's good to know that the Fixes tag is not (necessarily) a
request-for-stable tag.

> It's nice for reviewing so you can see the original intent of the patch
> you're fixing.  Also it forces you to find the original authors and CC
> them so hopefully they Ack the patch.  The other thing is it lets you
> collect data about which patches introduce bugs and how quickly they
> get fixed.  So for example, lwn.net recently had an article about bug
> that are backported into the -stable tree.

All good things. I know personally it's helpful when tracking down bugs,
or backporting drivers or features.

Regards,
Brian