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Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Require author Signed-off-by
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On Wed, 2018-07-11 at 00:08 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Tue 2018-07-10 22:50:14, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Hi Pavel,
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 10:47 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> > > > Print an error if none of the Signed-off-by lines cover the patch
> > > > author.
> > > 
> > > Is it good idea? Signed-off-by system was _not_ meant to prevent
> > > submission of third party patches.
> > 
> > My main motivation is catching accidentally forgotten Sobs.
> > It's still up to you to submit or accept a patch that triggers
> > checkpatch errors.
> 
> Should it be at warning level, then, or explicitely saying this is
> okay if you are not patch author?

Yes to both.