netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/7] ionic: small driver fixes

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Message-ID: <20231204103503.757bafb7@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2023 10:35:03 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: "Nelson, Shannon" <shannon.nelson@....com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
 pabeni@...hat.com, brett.creeley@....com, drivers@...sando.io
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/7] ionic: small driver fixes

On Mon, 4 Dec 2023 10:23:40 -0800 Nelson, Shannon wrote:
> Okay, you would prefer most of these as net-next, and you like the Fixes 
> tags, but normally if there are Fixes tags they should be in net.  So, 
> do you want the Fixes tags removed when these patches are sent to net-next?

Yes, that's right. What goes to net-next should have Fixes tag stripped.
If you want to preserve the reference for your own needs, you can say
something like:

This code was introduced in commit ...

Just not a bona fide Fixes tag, please.