On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:31:21AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-11-15 at 19:43 +0200, Nikolai Kondrashov wrote:
> > Introduce a new 'V:' ("Verify") field to MAINTAINERS. The field accepts
> > a name of a test suite which is required to be executed for each
> > contribution to the subsystem.
> Perhaps this is simply too much overhead
> process requirements for most kernel work.
> While the addition of V: seems ok, I think
> putting the verification in checkpatch is
> odd at best and the verification of test
> execution should be a separate script.
Verifying that the expected tags are present and valid does seem firmly
in what checkpatch's wheelhouse though?
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