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

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Message-ID: <20180903152125.57233880@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:   Mon, 3 Sep 2018 15:21:25 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Vakul Garg <vakul.garg@....com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Networking <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-next: Signed-off-by missing for commit in the net-next
 tree

Hi Vakul,

On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 05:08:08 +0000 Vakul Garg <vakul.garg@....com> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Commit
> > 
> >   c2ad647c6442 ("selftests/tls: Add test for recv(PEEK) spanning across
> > multiple records")
> > 
> > is missing a Signed-off-by from its author.
> 
> It is my fault to miss adding signoff.

See section 11 of Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst.

> I am sorry about that.

It happens ...

> Please advise if I need to do something to fix it.

Dave's tree does not rebase, so nothing can be done about this case.  I
guess you should just remember to add a Signed-off-by line in the
future.  Also, Dave should probably check before publishing to his tree.

That being said, I have not seen many like this in Dave's tree.
-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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