linux-kernel - Checkpatch being daft, Was: [PATCH -v2 08/10] m68k,mm: Extend table allocator for multiple sizes

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Date:   Fri, 7 Feb 2020 13:30:35 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     linux-m68k <linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@...il.com>,
        Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>, joe@...ches.com,
        sean.j.christopherson@...el.com
Subject: Checkpatch being daft, Was: [PATCH -v2 08/10] m68k,mm: Extend table
 allocator for multiple sizes

On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 01:11:54PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 12:34 PM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 11:56:40AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

> > > WARNING: Missing Signed-off-by: line by nominal patch author 'Peter
> > > Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>'
> > > (in all patches)
> > >
> > > I can fix that (the From?) up while applying.
> >
> > I'm not sure where that warning comes from, but if you feel it needs
> > fixing, sure. I normally only add the (Intel) thing to the SoB. I've so
> > far never had complaints about that.
> 
> Checkpatch doesn't like this.

Ooh, I see, that's a relatively new warning, pretty daft if you ask me.

Now I have to rediscover how I went about teaching checkpatch to STFU ;-)

Joe, should that '$email eq $author' not ignore rfc822 comments? That
is:

	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>

and:

	Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>

are, in actual fact, the same.