Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Jun 2022 21:08:06 +0300 | From | Leon Romanovsky <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: adjust MELLANOX ETHERNET INNOVA DRIVERS to TLS support removal |
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On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 10:30:39AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jun 2022 13:18:12 +0300 Leon Romanovsky wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 01, 2022 at 06:57:38AM +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote: > > > Commit 40379a0084c2 ("net/mlx5_fpga: Drop INNOVA TLS support") removes all > > > files in the directory drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/accel/, but > > > misses to adjust its reference in MAINTAINERS. > > > > > > Hence, ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --self-test=patterns complains about a > > > broken reference. > > > > > > Remove the file entry to the removed directory in MELLANOX ETHERNET INNOVA > > > DRIVERS. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com> > > > --- > > > Leon, please pick this minor non-urgent clean-up patch on top of the commit > > > above. > > > > Thanks, we will submit it once net-next will be open. > > It should go via net FWIW.
I'm slightly confused here.
According to net policy, the patches that goes there should have Fixes line, but Fixes lines are added for bugs [1].
This forgotten line in MAINTAINERS doesn't cause to any harm to users/developers.
So when should I put Fixes line in netdev?
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20211208070842.0ace6747@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com/
Thanks
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