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

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Date:   Mon, 20 May 2019 06:34:49 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Michal Kalderon <mkalderon@...vell.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

On Mon, 2019-05-20 at 13:16 +0000, Michal Kalderon wrote:
> > 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
> > 
> > External Email
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 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.

So test that all signature blocks and Fixes do not have
blank lines between them instead of just the "Fixes:" line.

And if there is some specific ordering required, perhaps a
test for that ordering should be added as well.