linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] checkpatch: Do not check git commit description style when backport the upstream commit

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Message-ID: <dddb87a6ffb94b6b8046eb2eca1480a7ca37f962.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:51:48 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@...ngson.cn>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@...ngson.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] checkpatch: Do not check git commit description
 style when backport the upstream commit

On Wed, 2020-11-25 at 11:35 +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> When backport the upstream commit to the internal LTS kernel version,
> we usually use the following description [1] [2]:
> 
> [ Upstream commit cc6528bc9a0c901c83b8220a2e2617f3354d6dd9 ]
> or
> commit c51f8f88d705e06bd696d7510aff22b33eb8e638 upstream.

Internal to what?

If it's your own internal build system, I think you should
keep your own local patch to checkpatch.

I don't see why the kernel version should accept it.

Is this style used by anyone else?