Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Don't complain about nominal authors if there isn't one

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Fri, 2019-09-13 at 10:22 -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2019, Joe Perches wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2019-09-12 at 16:55 -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> > > checkpatch.pl shouldn't warn about a "Missing Signed-off-by: line by
> > > nominal patch author" if there is no nominal patch author.  Without
> > > this change, checkpatch always gives me the following warning:
> > > 
> > >         WARNING: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch author ''
> > 
> > When/how does this occur?  Example please.
> 
> The patch itself is a good example.  Attached to this email is the
> patch file in the form I keep it (from quilt, not git; note that quilt
> doesn't do a good job of handling the "---" line so I leave it out and
> insert it when submitting the patch).  Try saving the attachment and
> running it through checkpatch.pl.  Here's what I get:

Andrew?

Does checkpatch emit this warning for you on
your quilt content?

If so, how do you handle it?

> $ scripts/checkpatch.pl /tmp/checkpatch-author-fix.patch 
> WARNING: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch author ''
> 
> total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 8 lines checked
> 
> NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
>       mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.
> 
> /tmp/checkpatch-author-fix.patch has style problems, please review.
> 
> NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
>       them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
> 
> 
> Would you like me to resubmit the patch with this example added to the
> patch description?
> 
> Alan Stern