linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: Warn if missing author Signed-off-by

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Date:   Fri, 13 Jul 2018 08:50:32 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
Cc:     apw@...onical.com, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, jgg@...lanox.com,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: Warn if missing author Signed-off-by

On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 12:03 PM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@...der.be> wrote:

> Print a warning if none of the Signed-off-by lines cover the patch
> author.
>
> Non-ASCII quoted printable encoding in From: headers and (lack of)
> double quotes are handled.
> Split From: headers are not fully handled: only the first part is
> compared.
>
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> ---
> Tested using a set of ca. 4000 real world commits.
>
> Most common offenders are people using:
>   - different email addresses for author and Sob,
>   - different firstname/lastname order, or other different name
>     spelling,
>   - suse.de vs. suse.com.

Pretty cool patch!
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij