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Message-ID: <ZMKUJbl7kFOfgKGg@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Jul 2023 18:58:29 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Cc:     Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin@...el.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Lubart <vitaly.lubart@...el.com>,
        Zhang Xiaoxu <zhangxiaoxu5@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: fix use-after-free in mtd release

On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 05:20:13PM +0200, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com wrote on Thu, 27 Jul 2023 18:12:04
> +0300:
> > On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 05:57:58PM +0300, Alexander Usyskin wrote:

...

> > > Fixes: 19bfa9ebebb5 ("mtd: use refcount to prevent corruption")
> > 
> > Closes: ?
> 
> Did I miss a recent update on the use of Fixes?

They are orthogonal to each other. Actually Closes goes closer with
Reported-by.

I believe both of them needs to be added (by I might miss something).

> I thought Closes was
> supposed to point at a bug report while Fixes would point to the faulty
> commit.

Correct.

> Right now I feel like Fixes is the right tag,

Nobody objects that (see above).

> but if you have a source explaining why we should not longer do it like
> I am used to, I would appreciate a link.

Since you know about Closes already, I think there is nothing to add.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko


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