On 1/27/22 08:32, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > It's unclear from "Submitting Patches" documentation that Reported-by > is not supposed to be used against new features. (It's more clear > in the section 5.4 "Patch formatting and changelogs" of the "A guide > to the Kernel Development Process", where it suggests that change > should fix something existing in the kernel. Clarify the Reported-by > usage in the "Submitting Patches". > > Reported-by: Florian Eckert <fe@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v2: rephrased as suggested by Jonathan > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > index 31ea120ce531..fb496b2ebfd3 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > @@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: > The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it > hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future. Please note that if > the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the > -Reported-by tag. > +Reported-by tag. The tag is intended for bugs; please do not use it to credit > +feature requests. > LGTM. Although it could refer to Suggested-by. :) Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> thanks. > A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in > some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that -- ~Randy
