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

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Message-ID: <nycvar.YFH.7.76.2006240955080.13242@cbobk.fhfr.pm>
Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 09:56:07 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
cc:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        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 hid tree

On Wed, 24 Jun 2020, Stephen Rothwell wrote:

> Commit
> 
>   6d7ccae2e093 ("Revert "HID: allow building hid.ko as an external module"")
> 
> is missing a Signed-off-by from its author and committer.
> 
> Reverts are commits as well and need SOB tags and (preferably) an
> explanatory commit message.

The commit+revert pair is there only for linux-next (to maintain linear 
history there), the branch that contains the actual buggy commit will 
never make it to Linus.

Thanks,

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs