linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: mtd-abi: Don't use C++ comments

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Message-ID: <20190621062630.GC11084@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 08:26:30 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: mtd-abi: Don't use C++ comments

On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 01:29:47PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 1:15 PM Nathan Chancellor
> <natechancellor@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 12:56:58PM -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > Should there be a fixes by tag?
> >
> > Normally, I would have added one but this issue has been present since
> > the beginning of git history. According to Thomas Gleixner's pre-git
> > history tree, it would be:
> >
> > Fixes: 7df80b4c8964 ("MTD core include and device code cleanup")
> >
> > but since that hash doesn't exist in the normal git history, I don't
> > think it is worth adding. Of course, if the maintainers want to add it,
> > I won't object.
> >
> > [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tglx/history.git
> 
> LOL good point; I wonder if the stable maintainers have thoughts on
> that or how they expect us to signal that case if we even need to do
> anything at all.

If you want it applied "since the beginning of time", then just do:

Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 2.6.0+

or some such marking.

thanks,

greg k-h