linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Avoid Wunused-but-set warning

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:16:46 +0300
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com>
Cc:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>,
	Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@...hang.net>,
	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, Nir Tzachar <nir.tzachar@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Avoid Wunused-but-set warning

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@...il.com> wrote:
> I have the feeling from this thread that "Acked-by:" does not need any
> particular qualification, whereas Reviewed-by: "kinda" does. But I may
> have understood that all wrong. Btw, I say "kinda" as I see nothing in
> the Reviewed-by: or Acked-by: definition that require any
> qualification on the involved subsystem to give an Acked-by: or a
> Reviewed-by:. Maybe we [not?] need such some formal requirement.

The formal requirement for 'Reviewed-by' is that you're OK with Linus
and the gang handing your ass to you on a plate when a patch you've
blessed with your tag breaks the world. 'Acked-by' is similar in
nature but the repercussions are less severe.

                       Pekka
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