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Re: Fixed tag magic: was: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] sys_info: add helper for callers that handle all_bt

From: Bradley Morgan <hidden>
Date: 2026-06-25 15:31:51
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On June 25, 2026 4:30:15 PM GMT+01:00, Petr Mladek [off-list ref]
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On Wed 2026-06-24 13:34:19, Andrew Morton wrote:
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On Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:34:58 +0000 Bradley Morgan [off-list ref]
wrote:
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Some callers handle SYS_INFO_ALL_BT themselves before calling
sys_info().
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Add a helper that strips that bit without turning an all_bt only mask
into
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a kernel_sys_info fallback.
I assume this patch wants a Fixes: and a cc:stable also.

It would be nice to have the conventional [0/N] cover letter to tell
readers what this is all about.

The patches all have different Fixes: targets.  This risks inviting the
-stable maintainers to merge only some of the patches into some
kernels, resulting in an untested combination and which might break
things.
I do not agree here. The Fixes tag should should point to a commit
which introduced the regression into the given code. And finding
some magic common point beause there is some magic undocumented
process for maintaining stable kernels sounds like a way to hell
to me.

Best Regards,
Petr

oh no.
I added the generic tag to V4, no worries, it is the earliest possible
fixes tag. But I really don't wanna be doing a V5 just to revert my
fixes tags.

Thanks!
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