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([2001:1a48:8:903:1ed6:4f73:ce38:f9d4]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-488ffc558f2sm210641525e9.1.2026.04.21.00.57.04 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:57:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2f002882-e584-4491-9c12-11822645cd26@suse.com> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:57:04 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: coding-assistants: add optional Acted-By: trailer Content-Language: en-US To: Blake , Greg KH Cc: Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260420142741.3187814-1-blake@truealter.com> <2026042035-retention-platonic-e5d5@gregkh> From: Vlastimil Babka In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 4/21/26 03:04, Blake wrote: > On Tuesday, 21 April 2026 at 3:40 AM, Greg KH wrote: >> I really do not understand, how would this actually be used? >> And as you have to have a signed-off-by, why would you use two >> different names for yourself this way? > > Signed-off-by and Acted-By answer different questions. Signed-off-by > requires a real name for DCO attestation. AFAIU that's an outdated claim. See: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d4563201f33a022fc0353033d9dfeb1606a88330