linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: move duplicate sign off to separate warning type

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Date:   Mon, 23 Jan 2023 07:23:03 +0200
From:   Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: move duplicate sign off to separate warning type

On Mon, 5 Sept 2022 at 16:59, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2022-09-05 at 13:45 +0300, Dmitry Baryshkov wrote:
> > Some maintainers prefer to allow duplicate signatures if that provides
> > additional details about the patch flow. E.g. if the original patch
> > author pulls the patch from the patchwork into the kernel branch, this
> > can result in duplicate SOB tags from him, however this reflects the
> > patch flow (one SOB for being the author, one SOB for pulling the patch,
> > adding (and maybe fixing) tags and pushing the patch further.
>
> I think that's poor process, but whatever...

Gracious ping. We'd like to ask to get this in or to understand how to
properly handle/modify our process.
Thank you.

>
> >
> > To facilitate easily handling this kind of warnings, separate duplicate
> > SOBs into the separate warning class ('DUPLICATE_SIGN_OFF').
> >
> > Cc: Rob Clark <robdclark@...il.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@...aro.org>
> > ---
> >  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > index 79e759aac543..f95d4ac19901 100755
> > --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > @@ -3115,7 +3115,7 @@ sub process {
> >                       $sig_nospace =~ s/\s//g;
> >                       $sig_nospace = lc($sig_nospace);
> >                       if (defined $signatures{$sig_nospace}) {
> > -                             WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
> > +                             WARN("DUPLICATE_SIGN_OFF",
> >                                    "Duplicate signature\n" . $herecurr);
> >                       } else {
> >                               $signatures{$sig_nospace} = 1;
>


-- 
With best wishes
Dmitry