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 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2121C433FE for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:59:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1D23610D2 for ; Fri, 15 Oct 2021 07:59:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S236468AbhJOIBS (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2021 04:01:18 -0400 Received: from mx24.baidu.com ([111.206.215.185]:55946 "EHLO baidu.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S236454AbhJOIBR (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Oct 2021 04:01:17 -0400 Received: from BJHW-Mail-Ex13.internal.baidu.com (unknown [10.127.64.36]) by Forcepoint Email with ESMTPS id 2C981B763F1651A4C1D6; Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:59:06 +0800 (CST) Received: from BJHW-MAIL-EX27.internal.baidu.com (10.127.64.42) by BJHW-Mail-Ex13.internal.baidu.com (10.127.64.36) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P256) id 15.1.2308.14; Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:59:06 +0800 Received: from LAPTOP-UKSR4ENP.internal.baidu.com (172.31.63.8) by BJHW-MAIL-EX27.internal.baidu.com (10.127.64.42) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256_P256) id 15.1.2308.14; Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:59:04 +0800 From: Cai Huoqing To: CC: Dwaipayan Ray , Lukas Bulwahn , Joe Perches , Jonathan Corbet , Andy Whitcroft , , Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: checkpatch: Add the description for RFC_TAG_PREFIX waining messsage Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:58:52 +0800 Message-ID: <20211015075853.4038-2-caihuoqing@baidu.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20211015075853.4038-1-caihuoqing@baidu.com> References: <20211015075853.4038-1-caihuoqing@baidu.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Originating-IP: [172.31.63.8] X-ClientProxiedBy: BC-Mail-Ex31.internal.baidu.com (172.31.51.25) To BJHW-MAIL-EX27.internal.baidu.com (10.127.64.42) X-Baidu-BdMsfe-DateCheck: 1_BJHW-Mail-Ex13_2021-10-15 15:59:06:217 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org A check item for RFC tags is added to checkpatch.pl, which will report RFC_TAG_PREFIX warning. so add the description for RFC_TAG_PREFIX. Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing --- Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst index b52452bc2963..0da827af3d93 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst @@ -554,6 +554,16 @@ Commit message See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes + **RFC_TAG_PREFIX** + RFC tag is outside subject prefix. + RFC tag outside subject prefix is incorrect like this:: + + Subject: [PATCH v2] RFC: + + Perfer:: + + Subject: [RFC PATCH v2] + **FROM_SIGN_OFF_MISMATCH** The author's email does not match with that in the Signed-off-by: line(s). This can be sometimes caused due to an improperly configured -- 2.25.1