linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] docs: submitting-patches: clarify difference between Acked-by and Reviewed-by

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Message-ID: <488f009d-790d-49e0-b736-8a54b61b628a@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:50:25 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
 Neal Gompa <neal@...pa.dev>, Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
 Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Luis Chamberlain
 <mcgrof@...nel.org>, tech-board@...ups.linuxfoundation.org,
 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
 Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] docs: submitting-patches: clarify difference between
 Acked-by and Reviewed-by

On 12/01/2025 16:29, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Newcomers to the kernel need to learn the different tags that are
> used in commit messages and when to apply them. Acked-by is sometimes
> misunderstood, since the documentation did not really clarify (up to
> the previous commit) when it should be used, especially compared to
> Reviewed-by.
> 
> The previous commit already clarified who the usual providers of Acked-by
> tags are, with examples. Thus provide a clarification paragraph for
> the comparison with Reviewed-by, and give a couple examples reusing the
> cases given above, in the previous commit.
> 


Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>

Best regards,
Krzysztof