The recently introduced Co-developed-by: tag has seen a spate of improper usage, likely because the tag is less intuitive and slightly more complex than most other tags. Rework the documentation to be more explicit in how Co-developed-by: is intended to be used, add examples in the docs, and add logic to checkpatch to reinforce proper usage. v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190320151140.32432-1-sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx v2: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190321184316.8525-1-sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx Rewrite the blurb to state standard sign-off procedure should be followed as opposed to dictating the original author's SOB be last. v3: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190321200103.9333-1-sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx Update a similar blurb in Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst v4: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190322155735.13954-1-sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx Rework the blurbs to avoid use of the word "original" [Tobin] v5: Add checkpatch warnings [Joe] Fix a spelling error [Niklas] Sean Christopherson (2): docs: Clarify the usage and sign-off requirements for Co-developed-by checkpatch: Warn on improper usage of Co-developed-by Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst | 10 +++-- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 40 +++++++++++++++++--- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 18 +++++++++ 3 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) -- 2.21.0
