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Message-ID: <F522EBF9-9BB9-4258-B614-1BB87455B4F5@kernel.org>
Date:   Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:49:00 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
CC:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Paulo Miguel Almeida <paulo.miguel.almeida.rodenas@...il.com>,
        Sam James <sam@...too.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] hardening updates for v6.3-rc1

On February 21, 2023 11:16:33 AM PST, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 11:38 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>>
>> Please pull these hardening updates for v6.3-rc1.
>
>So I've pulled this, but while looking at it, I see commit
>5c0f220e1b2d ("Merge branch 'for-linus/hardening' into
>for-next/hardening").
>
>And that one-liner shortlog part is literally the whole commit message.
>
>I've said this before, and apparently I need to say this again: if you
>cannot be bothered to explain *WHY* a merge exists, then that merge is
>buggy garbage by definition.

Okay, understood. This was a merge of the fixes for v6.2. I'll explain that more clearly in the log from now on. :)

-Kees


-- 
Kees Cook

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