linux-kernel - Re: Reported-by/Closes tag for uncommitted issues (was: Re: [PATCH v2] uml: Replace strlcpy with strscpy)

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Message-ID: <4b1c8af737eb5bccba12883f32ec43f9f292f70f.camel@sipsolutions.net>
Date:   Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:43:11 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Philip Li <philip.li@...el.com>
Cc:     Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>,
        Azeem Shaikh <azeemshaikh38@...il.com>,
        Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@....qualcomm.com>,
        anton ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>,
        linux-hardening <linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-um <linux-um@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: Reported-by/Closes tag for uncommitted issues (was: Re: [PATCH
 v2] uml: Replace strlcpy with strscpy)

On Wed, 2023-06-07 at 17:39 +0800, Philip Li wrote:
> 
> Is that ok we just take this phrase as a quick improvement for first step, which
> is
> 
> "If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new
> version of the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags:"
> 
> This could help remind for most cases if not all. Also this allows us
> not doing "complex" judgement by the bot itself.

Sure, feel free. But yeah, that was the idea, that the decision logic
wouldn't really need to be in the bot, that feels very difficult.

Maybe someone else on the thread will have a better suggestion :)


johannes