Re: [RESEND][PATCH] checkpatch: make sure fix-up patches have Fixes tag

From: Joe Perches
Date: Wed Jan 19 2022 - 04:42:12 EST


On Wed, 2022-01-19 at 16:46 +0900, Sergey Senozhatsky wrote:
> If a patch contains "commit hash (commit name)", in other words
> if the patch fixes some particular commit, then require "Fixes:"
> tag.

I do not like this patch as many commits merely reference a
previous patch and do not actually fix anything.