Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Jun 2022 21:20:33 +0200 | From | Petr Mladek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] printk: Block console kthreads when direct printing will be required |
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On Wed 2022-06-15 10:47:14, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Wed, Jun 15, 2022 at 9:28 AM Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com> wrote: > > > > BugLink: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220610205038.GA3050413@paulmck-ThinkPad-P17-Gen-1 > > BugLink: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAMdYzYpF4FNTBPZsEFeWRuEwSies36QM_As8osPWZSr2q-viEA@mail.gmail.com > > Other thread discussion about this exact thing: > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgzRUT1fBpuz3xcN+YdsX0SxqOzHWRtj0ReHpUBb5TKbA@mail.gmail.com/ > > please stop making up random tags that make no sense. > > Just use "Link:" > > Look at that first one (I didn't even bother following the second > one). The "bug" part is not even the most important part. > > The reason to follow that link is all the discussion, the test-patch, > and the confirmation from Paul that "yup, that patch solves the > problem for me". > > It's extra context to the commit, in case somebody wants to know the > history. The "bug" part is (and always should be) already explained in > the commit message, there's absolutely no point in adding soem extra > noise to the "Link:" tag. > > And if the only reason for "BugLink:" to exist is to show "look, this > tag actually contains relevant and interesting information", then the > solution to THAT problem is to not have the links that are useless and > pointless in the first place. > > Put another way: if you want to distinguish useless links from useful > ones, just do it by not including the useless ones. > > Ok?
Got it! I am going to use "Link:" instead.
I just see how the discussion evolved at https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wgzRUT1fBpuz3xcN+YdsX0SxqOzHWRtj0ReHpUBb5TKbA@mail.gmail.com/
It is actually this exact discussion that confused me. I got the impression that BugLink was a commonly used tag. I see that I was too fast.
Thanks for stopping me.
Best Regards, Petr
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