A check item for RFC tags is added to checkpatch.pl,
which will report RFC_TAG_PREFIX warning. so add
the description for RFC_TAG_PREFIX.
Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
index b52452bc2963..0da827af3d93 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
@@ -554,6 +554,16 @@ Commit message
See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes
+ **RFC_TAG_PREFIX**
+ RFC tag is outside subject prefix.
+ RFC tag outside subject prefix is incorrect like this::
+
+ Subject: [PATCH v2] RFC:
+
+ Perfer::
+
+ Subject: [RFC PATCH v2]
+
**FROM_SIGN_OFF_MISMATCH**
The author's email does not match with that in the Signed-off-by:
line(s). This can be sometimes caused due to an improperly configured
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2.25.1
