From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED, USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7498FC43381 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:12:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46B1F2184D for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:12:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727271AbfCTPMF (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:12:05 -0400 Received: from mga04.intel.com ([192.55.52.120]:59405 "EHLO mga04.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726688AbfCTPME (ORCPT ); Wed, 20 Mar 2019 11:12:04 -0400 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from fmsmga004.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.48]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Mar 2019 08:12:04 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.60,249,1549958400"; d="scan'208";a="154096388" Received: from sjchrist-coffee.jf.intel.com ([10.54.74.181]) by fmsmga004.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Mar 2019 08:12:04 -0700 From: Sean Christopherson To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz , Jonathan Cameron , Joe Perches , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Niklas Cassel Subject: [PATCH] docs: Explicitly state ordering requirements for Co-developed-by Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 08:11:40 -0700 Message-Id: <20190320151140.32432-1-sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.21.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Per Thomas' yet-to-be-merged "tip tree handbook"[1], Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by must be paired together, i.e. the co-authors' SOB mustn't be scattered willy-nilly, and the author's SOB must be the first SOB *after* the last Co-developed-by/Signed-off-by pair. Provide an example to eliminate any ambiguity. [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181107171149.165693799@linutronix.de Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz Cc: Jonathan Cameron Cc: Joe Perches Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Niklas Cassel Cc: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index be7d1829c3af..f4b5c4850601 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -547,8 +547,13 @@ have been included in the discussion. A Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer along with the original author. This is useful at times when multiple people -work on a single patch. Note, this person also needs to have a Signed-off-by: -line in the patch as well. +work on a single patch. Note, Co-developed-by: must be accompanied by a +Signed-off-by: of the co-author(s). All Co-developed-by:/Signed-off-by: pairs +must precede the Signed-off-by: of the original author. + + Co-developed-by: Random Co-Author + Signed-off-by: Random Co-Author + Signed-off-by: Original Author 13) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: -- 2.21.0