linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: add "Reported-and-tested-by:" tag

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Message-ID: <Zpb30HMt6jXtonhr@google.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:44:32 +0000
From: Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>
To: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Nam Cao <namcao@...utronix.de>,
	apw@...onical.com, dwaipayanray1@...il.com, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	syzkaller <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: add "Reported-and-tested-by:" tag

On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 09:11:08AM +0200, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 at 07:24, Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > If combined tags are discouraged then syzbot should perhaps stop
> > suggesting the `Reported-and-tested-by:` tag? I would imagine this not
> > only applies to the tip tree and that other maintainers agree with not
> > using combined tags.
> >
> > FWIW, this tag in particular though is quite popular:
> > $ git log --grep '^Reported-and-tested-by: ' origin/master |wc -l
> > 82056

The number of patches with this tag is actually 2689. Sorry, I forgot to
add the --oneline option to my initial query.

> 
> +syzkaller mailing list
> 
> We can add whatever text you will say. What is the official position?

I don't know if there is an official position but IMO individual tags
are the safest option. This would even allow tools such as b4 to collect
the tags automatically. So splitting out 'Reported-and-tested-by:' seems
trivial enough?

  Reported-by: syzbot+<context>
  Tested-by: syzbot+<context>