linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: describe preserving review/test tags

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Message-ID: <20201009093804.7a130063@lwn.net>
Date:   Fri, 9 Oct 2020 09:38:04 -0600
From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
To:     Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: describe preserving
 review/test tags

On Wed,  7 Oct 2020 10:43:06 +0200
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org> wrote:

> From time to time, the novice kernel contributors do not add Reviewed-by
> or Tested-by tags to the next versions of the patches.  Mostly because
> they are unaware that responsibility of adding these tags in next
> version is on submitter, not maintainer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> index 58586ffe2808..9752b6311674 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -527,6 +527,13 @@ done on the patch.  Reviewed-by: tags, when supplied by reviewers known to
>  understand the subject area and to perform thorough reviews, will normally
>  increase the likelihood of your patch getting into the kernel.
>  
> +Both Tested-by and Reviewed-by tags, once received on mailing list from tester
> +or reviewer, should be added by author to the applicable patches when sending
> +next versions.  However if the patch is changed in following version, these
> +tags might not be applicable anymore and thus should be removed.  Usually
> +removal of someone's Tested-by or Reviewed-by tags should be mentioned
> +in the patch changelog (after '---' separator).

after *the* "---" separator

This is a bit ambiguous, though, since the point of sending a new version
of a patch is usually that it has changed.  I'm not quite sure how to best
articulate when a patch has changed enough that reviews and such are no
longer applicable...  If nothing else, "if the patch *has changed
substantially*" or something like that?

Thanks,

jon