From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-13.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17254C433DF for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:27:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE30C2528D for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:27:39 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1602606459; bh=VvLg4BA2aipE7sAR/9VqpuKo0exxf/6qnWtsALjJAAk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:List-ID:From; b=EpM7VZJhdN9yKE4tWszq+2A+l6jOuvKta/y6mqVagfI+zyXHifgclBh5xHM4yMLSj oJ6NjyNH2RNRaS5XMvrWqr+WzCQf1gYuAEBisxYGbrqW2cMjoZOrQXrL+cM6STdutF rRvPAQ9fiVsDsbXneF0Bntcon0PHRQvpKy6KTJa4= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726772AbgJMQ1i (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:27:38 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:35288 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726120AbgJMQ1i (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Oct 2020 12:27:38 -0400 Received: from kozik-lap.mshome.net (unknown [194.230.155.215]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C1DAF2528D; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:27:36 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1602606458; bh=VvLg4BA2aipE7sAR/9VqpuKo0exxf/6qnWtsALjJAAk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=ccb1L7d9SJUsDicsDXD8L1jwkztthC/sBGsgG08+oDGy8Ya+oBbOJFsCnVaiKmPmX WLo3v6bjV/KT7Chsutge3hhLnrT+n+8ivyWDPBHVZh08I7CMro0rwZ5fylWpXEKrnE k4dvDxqLLwXH3omvUkFr1DACZ9ZF1MXazQIxcir4= From: Krzysztof Kozlowski To: Jonathan Corbet , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski Subject: [PATCH v2] docs: submitting-patches: describe preserving review/test tags Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 18:27:25 +0200 Message-Id: <20201013162725.13572-1-krzk@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >From time to time, the novice kernel contributors do not add Reviewed-by or Tested-by tags to the next versions of the patches. Mostly because they are unaware that responsibility of adding these tags in next version is on submitter, not maintainer. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski --- Changes since v1: 1. Reword, following Jonathan suggestions. --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 58586ffe2808..83d9a82055a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -527,6 +527,13 @@ done on the patch. Reviewed-by: tags, when supplied by reviewers known to understand the subject area and to perform thorough reviews, will normally increase the likelihood of your patch getting into the kernel. +Both Tested-by and Reviewed-by tags, once received on mailing list from tester +or reviewer, should be added by author to the applicable patches when sending +next versions. However if the patch has changed substantially in following +version, these tags might not be applicable anymore and thus should be removed. +Usually removal of someone's Tested-by or Reviewed-by tags should be mentioned +in the patch changelog (after the '---' separator). + A Suggested-by: tag indicates that the patch idea is suggested by the person named and ensures credit to the person for the idea. Please note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, especially if the -- 2.17.1