Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] printk: nbcon: Export console_is_usable

From: Petr Mladek

Date: Thu Sep 18 2025 - 09:02:28 EST


On Wed 2025-09-17 10:07:47, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 09:21:48AM -0300, Marcos Paulo de Souza wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@xxxxxxxx>
> > > Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > It means that Macros developed a patch and Petr reviewed it.
> > > The patch was not longer modified.
>
> That's not entirely correct. The signed-off trailer is used as the boundary
> indicating who was the person responsible for collecting the trailers. When
> the trailers are collected by the original author as part of their iteration
> cycles, their signed-off-by trailer goes below any trailers they have
> received.

This is an interesting interpretation. I am just curious. Has this
already been discussed anywhere, please?

It seems that the ordering of the trailers is not much described
in the process documentation, see
https://docs.kernel.org/process/submitting-patches.html

Best Regards,
Petr