The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: add Suggested-by as a standard signature
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-add-suggested-by-as-a-standard-signature.patch
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From: Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@xxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: add Suggested-by as a standard signature
As people started using Suggested-by as standard signature, adding
"Suggested-by" to the standard signature so that checkpatch won't generate
warning when Suggested-by is used in patch signature
Signed-off-by: Mugunthan V N <mugunthanvnm@xxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 9 ++++++++-
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN Documentation/SubmittingPatches~checkpatch-add-suggested-by-as-a-standard-signature Documentation/SubmittingPatches
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches~checkpatch-add-suggested-by-as-a-standard-signature
+++ a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ person it names. This tag documents tha
have been included in the discussion
-14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by: and Reviewed-by:
+14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by: and Suggested-by:
If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a
Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please
@@ -468,6 +468,13 @@ done on the patch. Reviewed-by: tags, w
understand the subject area and to perform thorough reviews, will normally
increase the likelihood of your patch getting into the kernel.
+A Suggested-by: tag indicates that the patch idea is suggested by the person
+named and ensures credit to the person for the idea. Please note that this
+tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, especially if the
+idea was not posted in a public forum. That said, if we diligently credit our
+idea reporters, they will, hopefully, be inspired to help us again in the
+future.
+
15) The canonical patch format
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-suggested-by-as-a-standard-signature scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-suggested-by-as-a-standard-signature
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
Tested-by:|
Reviewed-by:|
Reported-by:|
+ Suggested-by:|
To:|
Cc:
)};
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mugunthanvnm@xxxxxx are
linux-next.patch
checkpatch-add-suggested-by-as-a-standard-signature.patch
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