linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Add short author date to Fixes tag

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Message-ID: <2025011115-energize-edge-c9c7@gregkh>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 06:48:53 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Yeking@...54.com, kuba@...nel.org,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
	Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tech-board-discuss@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add short author date to Fixes tag

On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 04:21:35PM -0800, Jacob Keller wrote:
> However, all of the existing tooling we have for the kernel does not
> support the date, and I think its not worth trying to change it at this
> point. It doesn't make sense to break all this tooling for information
> which is accessible in other forms. Indeed, as long as the hash is
> sufficiently long, the change of a collision is minimal.

And if it isn't long enough, tools like:
	https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241226220555.3540872-1-sashal@kernel.org
can help figure it out as well.

thanks,

greg k-h