On 02/21/2018 04:37 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> As recently pointed out by Linus, "Root-caused-by" is a good tag to include
> since it can indicate significantly more work than "just" a Reported-by.
> This adds it and "Suggested-by" (which was also missing) to the documented
> list of tags. Additionally updates checkpatch.pl to match the process docs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst | 7 +++++++
> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
I would still rather see Co-developed-by: in both the docs and in checkpatch. :(
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> index 645fa9c7388a..2ff01f76f02a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
> @@ -234,6 +234,13 @@ The tags in common use are:
> people who test our code and let us know when things do not work
> correctly.
>
> + - Suggested-by: names a person who suggested the solution, but may not
> + have constructed the full patch. A weaker version of `Co-Developed-by`.
> +
> + - Root-caused-by: names a person who diagnosed the root cause of a
> + problem. This usually indicates significantly more work than a simple
> + `Reported-by`.
> +
> - Cc: the named person received a copy of the patch and had the
> opportunity to comment on it.
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 3d4040322ae1..a1ab82e70b54 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -464,9 +464,11 @@ our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
> our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
> Signed-off-by:|
> Acked-by:|
> + Co-Developed-by:|
> Tested-by:|
> Reviewed-by:|
> Reported-by:|
> + Root-caused-by:|
> Suggested-by:|
> To:|
> Cc:
>
--
~Randy
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