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Re: [patch] mtd: maps: sa1100-flash: potential NULL dereference

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On Sat, Jul 16, 2016 at 12:00:41PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> I like the Fixes tag because it was my invention.  :)  It's a separate
> thing from -stable.

Ha, nice. Well I have nothing against the tag, and nothing against this
patch. It's good to know that the Fixes tag is not (necessarily) a
request-for-stable tag.

> It's nice for reviewing so you can see the original intent of the patch
> you're fixing.  Also it forces you to find the original authors and CC
> them so hopefully they Ack the patch.  The other thing is it lets you
> collect data about which patches introduce bugs and how quickly they
> get fixed.  So for example, lwn.net recently had an article about bug
> that are backported into the -stable tree.

All good things. I know personally it's helpful when tracking down bugs,
or backporting drivers or features.

Regards,
Brian

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Re: [patch] mtd: maps: sa1100-flash: potential NULL dereference Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 02:40 +0200
  Re: [patch] mtd: maps: sa1100-flash: potential NULL dereference Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-07-16 02:50 +0200
    Re: [patch] mtd: maps: sa1100-flash: potential NULL dereference Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2016-07-16 03:50 +0200
  Re: [patch] mtd: maps: sa1100-flash: potential NULL dereference Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> - 2016-07-16 11:10 +0200
    Re: [patch] mtd: maps: sa1100-flash: potential NULL dereference Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> - 2016-07-17 06:00 +0200

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