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

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Date:   Thu, 08 Mar 2018 09:52:10 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
Cc:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Signed-off-by missing for commit in the rdma-fixes
 tree

On Thu, 2018-03-08 at 10:44 -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> I only ask becuase I keep seeing these reports from Stephen and
> usuaully by the time it gets to him it requires a disruptive rebase to
> fix..

If it's a part of a series, it will always require a rebase.

Generally, I think it's a small and relatively unlikely
problem for checkpatch to bother with as there's already
a reporting mechanism in-place.