Andrew Morton akpm@linux-foundation.org writes:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2025 09:36:32 -0700 Kalesh Singh kaleshsingh@google.com wrote:
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
lol.
x1:/usr/src/25> grep "Fixes.*1da177e4c3f4" ../gitlog|wc -l 661
we really blew it that time!
A few years back I made a list of the most-fixed commits in the kernel history; unsurprisingly that one (I call it the "original sin") came out on top:
https://lwn.net/Articles/914632/
Perhaps the time has come to update that analysis.
jon