[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix set_id_regs selftest for ASIDBITS becoming unwritable

[Marc Zyngier]

On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 13:12:12 +0000,
Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 08:30:37AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org> wrote:
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> > > Fixes: 03c7527e97f7 ("KVM: arm64: Do not allow ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1.ASIDbits to be overridden")
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> > A patch for a test doesn't fix anything in the kernel.
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> The selftests are shipped as part of the kernel source and frequently
> used for testing the kernel, it's all one source base and we want to
> ensure that for example the test fix gets backported if the relevant
> kernel patch does.

That's not what Fixes: describes. If you want to invent a new tag that
expresses a dependency, do that. Don't use these tags to misrepresent
what the patches does.

	M.

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