[PATCH 0/4] char-TPM: Adjustments for ten function implementations

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 08:57:13AM -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Tue, 2017-10-17 at 11:25 +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > 
> > > Fixes is only for bug fixes.  These don't fix any bugs.
> > 
> > How do you distinguish these in questionable source code
> > from other error categories or software weaknesses?
> 
> A style change is one that doesn't change the effect of the execution.
>  These don't actually even change the assembly, so there's programmatic
> proof they're not fixing anything.
> 
> Bug means potentially user visible fault.  In any bug fix commit you
> should document the fault and its effects on users so those backporting
> can decide if they care or not.
> 
> James

OK, I'll adjust my definition of a bug :-)

/Jarkko