Subject: Re: linux-next: Fixes tag needs some work in the block tree

From: Bart Van Assche <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:36:36 -0700

On 10/7/19 1:16 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> In commit
> 
>    1d200e9d6f63 ("block: Fix writeback throttling W=1 compiler warnings")
> 
> Fixes tag
> 
>    Fixes: e34cbd307477 ("blk-wbt: add general throttling mechanism"; v4.10).
> 
> has these problem(s):
> 
>    - Subject has leading but no trailing quotes
>    - Subject does not match target commit subject
>      Just use
> 	git log -1 --format='Fixes: %h ("%s")'

Hi Stephen,

The above fixes tag follows the recommended format except that it is 
followed by a kernel version number. Is there a recommended format for 
embedding the kernel version number in a Fixes: tag? I think that 
information is useful. I haven't found any recommendations for how to do 
that in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst.

Thanks,

Bart.