linux-kernel - RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add test for empty line after Fixes statement

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Date:   Mon, 20 May 2019 13:16:23 +0000
From:   Michal Kalderon <mkalderon@...vell.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, "leon@...nel.org" <leon@...nel.org>,
        "apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "David Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add test for empty line after Fixes
 statement

> From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2019 3:57 PM
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add test for empty line after Fixes
> statement
> 
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> On Mon, 2019-05-20 at 15:42 +0300, Michal Kalderon wrote:
> > Check that there is no empty line after a fixes statement
> 
> why?
> 
This comment is given a lot on the netdev and rdma mailing lists when patches are submitted with
an empty line between Fixes: tag and SOB tags. Since "Fixes:" is just another tag and should be kept
together with the other ones.
thanks,
Michal