linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: add Co-developed-by to signature tags

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Message-Id: <20181214121634.1157f2302c8ba1825fc03ad2@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Fri, 14 Dec 2018 12:16:34 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@...aro.org>
Cc:     joe@...ches.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        himanshujha199640@...il.com, apw@...onical.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, niklas.cassel@...aro.org,
        corbet@....net, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: add Co-developed-by to signature tags

On Fri, 14 Dec 2018 18:35:28 +0100 Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@...aro.org> wrote:

> As per Documentation/process/submitting-patches, Co-developed-by is a
> valid signature.
> 

I'm with Joe - I find this tag kinda useless and duplicative.  But whatever.

But as the documentation says, Co-developed-by must be accompanied by a
Signed-off-by:.  It would be helpful if checkpatch were to detect a
failure to do this.