linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7u1 08/31] x86, 64bit: early #PF handler set page table

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Message-ID: <50F1DDE6.2020105@zytor.com>
Date:	Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:04:22 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@....de>,
	Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7u1 08/31] x86, 64bit: early #PF handler set page table

On 01/10/2013 12:27 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>>
>> So at that time how can the Signed-off from them?
>>
>> And there are commits in the upstream does not have Signed-off from the Author.
>
> I certainly hope those are a very very small number, if any.
>

There are indeed a handful, at which point the first Signed-off-by: 
indicates that he, *based on his own first-hand knowledge* knows the 
author is intending and allowed to release this patch under the 
appropriate licensing term (see the Developer's Certificate of Origin 
document for the exact details.)

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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