On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 05:53:34PM +0200, 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> > --- I've always lobbied for a Fixes-from for bug fixes that get folded into the original patch but I also kind of agree with Dan Williams that Reported-by tags are fine for new code. https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAPcyv4gbgDMGBQ3t4q1EckELbMG5JXi10YuzLsMjFns67od=sw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Everyone can figure it out from the context that kbuild bot didn't really tell anyone to write a new driver. It's just the reported-by count that's used to justify funding a team of devs. regards, dan carpenter
