From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com, linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] checkpatch: add fix for non-standard signature - co-authored-by
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 07:59:31 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b8d2d60beda905d1215333cd22b09ca672de1b26.camel@perches.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201204144000.21734-1-yashsri421@gmail.com>
On Fri, 2020-12-04 at 20:10 +0530, Aditya Srivastava wrote:
> Currently, checkpatch.pl warns us for BAD_SIGN_OFF on the usage of
> non-standard signatures.
>
> An evaluation on v4.13..v5.8 showed that out of 539 warnings due to
> non-standard signatures, 43 are due to the use of 'Co-authored-by'
> tag, which may seem correct, but is not standard.
>
> The standard signature equivalent for 'Co-authored-by' is
> 'Co-developed-by'.
>
> Provide a fix by suggesting users with this signature alternative and
> replacing.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>
lkml is a very active dumping ground and most people do not scan
through each patch sent to it.
If you want specific people to see this and potentially ack this
you should add them to the cc list.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-04 16:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-01 11:29 [PATCH v5] checkpatch: add fix and improve warning msg for Non-standard signature Aditya Srivastava
2020-12-01 17:24 ` Joe Perches
2020-12-01 18:21 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-12-01 18:39 ` Joe Perches
2020-12-02 9:08 ` [PATCH] checkpatch: add fix for non-standard signature - co-authored-by Aditya Srivastava
2020-12-02 17:16 ` Joe Perches
2020-12-02 18:30 ` [PATCH -mmots] " Aditya Srivastava
2020-12-02 18:56 ` Joe Perches
2020-12-03 9:59 ` Aditya
2020-12-03 10:59 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-12-03 12:23 ` Aditya
2020-12-03 18:57 ` [Linux-kernel-mentees] " Greg KH
2020-12-03 19:00 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2020-12-03 19:25 ` Greg KH
2020-12-03 19:31 ` Joe Perches
2020-12-04 14:40 ` [PATCH v6] " Aditya Srivastava
2020-12-04 15:59 ` Joe Perches [this message]
2020-12-05 10:22 ` Aditya
2020-12-05 12:03 ` Joe Perches
2020-12-05 12:55 ` Aditya
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