linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] checkpatch: Warn about sign offs if there's an accidental patch separator

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Message-ID: <f9f44e6ef34592d7bc3558d6cf8a00d643bac7c4.camel@perches.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:22:10 -0800
From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Andrew Morton
 <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@...il.com>, Dwaipayan Ray	
 <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>, Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>, Stephen
 Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>, Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,  Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] checkpatch: Warn about sign offs if there's an
 accidental patch separator

On Sun, 2026-01-04 at 13:13 -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at 10:54 AM Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 2026-01-05 at 01:37 +0800, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote:
> > > +Cc Andrew Morton,
> > []
> > 
> > > That said, any Ack/Review or feedback from checkpatch.pl
> > > maintainers/reviewers would still be helpful and appreciated.
> > 
> > 
> > I think most of this is pointless and incorrect besides.
> > A patch separator is specifically 3 dashes not a line that
> > starts with 3 or more dashes.
> 
> Thanks Joe, do you have a reference for this?
[]
> > See the original problem
> > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251203214706.112174-7-irogers@google.com/

Did you look at this?