linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] x86, olpc: add debugfs interface for EC commands

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Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:14:08 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Daniel Drake <dsd@...top.org>, mingo@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dilinger@...ued.net, pgf@...top.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] x86, olpc: add debugfs interface for EC commands

* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@...top.org>
> > Originally-from: Paul Fox <pgf@...top.org>
> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
> > Cc: Andres Salomon <dilinger@...ued.net>
> > 
> > ...
> >
> > v4: really fix sign-off tags
> 
> s/fix/break/?  "Originally-from" is not a recognised tag.  If this code
> is based upon an earlier version from Paul then Signed-off-by: is
> correct.

No, the original ordering was *not* correct:

  From: Daniel Drake <dsd@...top.org>

  [...]

  Signed-off-by: Daniel Drake <dsd@...top.org>
  Signed-off-by: Paul Fox <pgf@...top.org>

In the previous discussion we had I explained what the rules for 
signoffs are. Let me quote Linus as well:

  " The sign-off chain should be very simple: the first person 
    to sign off should be the author, and the last person to 
    sign off should be the committer. "

  https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/3/22/489

This is not true for this patch, because the first signoff does 
not match the 'From:' line (author).

Nor is the last signoff the committer - i.e. the person sending 
me this patch to apply. Every maintainer along the route adds a 
signoff to the tail if it's propagated via email, or does a 
merge commit if it's a pull.

If Daniel sends me a patch he should be the last signoff. If he 
authored the patch then he should also be the first (and, by 
implication, only) signoff. Signed-off-by does not recognize 
multiple authorship - that has to be written into the changelog, 
added via another type of tag - either approach is fine to me. 

What I cannot do is to apply patches that have visibly broken 
signoff chains.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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