linux-kernel - Re: linux-next: Signed-off-by missing for commit in the kvm tree

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Date:   Sat, 12 Aug 2017 00:01:46 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Cc:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
        Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Signed-off-by missing for commit in the kvm tree

Hi Radim,

On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 14:36:24 +0200 Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Should all rebases be done with the --signoff option?

More or less.  rebase with the --signoff option will add a duplicate
Signed-off-by unless the already existing one is last in the current
commit.

Linus has said that doing a rebase is no different to applying a patch,
so a new committer needs to add a Signed-off-by tag.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell