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 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91FBDC433FE for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 16:00:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 462B622C7D for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 16:00:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730648AbgLDQAO (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:00:14 -0500 Received: from smtprelay0096.hostedemail.com ([216.40.44.96]:39898 "EHLO smtprelay.hostedemail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727125AbgLDQAO (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:00:14 -0500 Received: from filter.hostedemail.com (clb03-v110.bra.tucows.net [216.40.38.60]) by smtprelay04.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D897180A8CB5; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 15:59:33 +0000 (UTC) X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-HE-Tag: shape73_2e0539a273c5 X-Filterd-Recvd-Size: 1695 Received: from XPS-9350.home (unknown [47.151.137.21]) (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf06.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 15:59:32 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] checkpatch: add fix for non-standard signature - co-authored-by From: Joe Perches To: Aditya Srivastava , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com, linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linuxfoundation.org Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 07:59:31 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20201204144000.21734-1-yashsri421@gmail.com> References: <20201204144000.21734-1-yashsri421@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" User-Agent: Evolution 3.38.1-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 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.