On 15/06/2024 03:03, Shung-Hsi Yu wrote: > When sending patch authored by someone else to stable, it is quite easy for the > sender to forget adding the Developer's Certification of Origin (DCO, i.e. > Signed-off-by). An example of such can be seen in the link below. Mention DCO > explicitly so senders are less likely to forget to do so and cause another > round-trip. > > Add a label in submitting-patches.rst so we can directly link to the DCO > section. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/2024051500-underage-unfixed-5d28@gregkh/ > Signed-off-by: Shung-Hsi Yu <shung-hsi.yu@xxxxxxxx> > --- > Change from v1: > - explicitly refer to the link as an example in the 1st paragraph (Paul) > - commit message typo fix s/explicilty/explicitly/ (Paul) > --- > Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 4 ++++ > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 1 + > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst > index d22aa2280f6e..85a91fd40da9 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst > @@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ If the submitted patch deviates from the original upstream patch (for example > because it had to be adjusted for the older API), this must be very clearly > documented and justified in the patch description. > > +Be sure to also include a :ref:`Developer's Certificate of Origin > +<sign_your_work>` (i.e. ``Signed-off-by``) when sending patches that you did > +not author yourself. > + > > Following the submission > ------------------------ > diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > index 66029999b587..98f1c8d8b429 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst > @@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ e-mail discussions. > > ``git send-email`` will do this for you automatically. > > +.. _sign_your_work: > > Sign your work - the Developer's Certificate of Origin > ------------------------------------------------------ Reviewed-by: Paul Barker <paul.barker.ct@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Paul Barker
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