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=-9.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,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 2F57DC432C3 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:02:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0688220674 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 15:02:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727599AbfKOPCX (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:02:23 -0500 Received: from smtp1.de.adit-jv.com ([93.241.18.167]:35435 "EHLO smtp1.de.adit-jv.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727487AbfKOPCW (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Nov 2019 10:02:22 -0500 Received: from localhost (smtp1.de.adit-jv.com [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.de.adit-jv.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFC313C04C0; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:02:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp1.de.adit-jv.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.de.adit-jv.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5kG3EegiE-Xl; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:02:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from HI2EXCH01.adit-jv.com (hi2exch01.adit-jv.com [10.72.92.24]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp1.de.adit-jv.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7D4F23C009C; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:02:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from vmlxhi-102.adit-jv.com (10.72.93.184) by HI2EXCH01.adit-jv.com (10.72.92.24) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.468.0; Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:02:12 +0100 From: Eugeniu Rosca To: Andy Whitcroft , Joe Perches CC: , Eugeniu Rosca , Eugeniu Rosca , Thomas Gleixner Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: whitelist Originally-by: signature Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 16:02:02 +0100 Message-ID: <20191115150202.15208-1-erosca@de.adit-jv.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.24.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Originating-IP: [10.72.93.184] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Oftentimes [1], the contributor would like to honor or give credits [2] to somebody's original ideas in the submission/reviewing process. While "Co-developed-by:" and "Suggested-by:" (currently whitelisted) could be employed for this purpose, they are not ideal. Below matrix attempts portraying/quantifying the subtle differences between these signatures (subjective/oversimplified): Helper signature Contribution "ownership" None 100% Author Suggested-by: X 80% Author / 20% "X" Co-developed-by: X 50% Author / 50% "X" Originally-by: X 20% Author / 80% "X" [1] linux (v5.4-rc7) git log --oneline --grep Originally-by | wc -l 88 [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/alpine.DEB.2.21.1909261144250.5528@nanos.tec.linutronix.de/ Cc: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Eugeniu Rosca --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 6fcc66afb088..e456aba12bd0 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -486,6 +486,7 @@ our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi: Reviewed-by:| Reported-by:| Suggested-by:| + Originally-by:| To:| Cc: )}; -- 2.24.0