linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND][PATCH] checkpatch: make sure fix-up patches have Fixes tag

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Message-ID: <a70570a10026203b544e930eb6dbcf6ad0abb2ad.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Jan 2022 01:42:07 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Sergey Senozhatsky <senozhatsky@...omium.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>,
        Tomasz Figa <tfiga@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND][PATCH] checkpatch: make sure fix-up patches have Fixes
 tag

On Wed, 2022-01-19 at 16:46 +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> If a patch contains "commit hash (commit name)", in other words
> if the patch fixes some particular commit, then require "Fixes:"
> tag.

I do not like this patch as many commits merely reference a
previous patch and do not actually fix anything.