Re: [PATCH 4/4] checkpatch: add check for tag Co-Developed-by

[Tobin C. Harding]

On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 08:42:52AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 08, 2017 at 10:27:51AM +1100, Tobin C. Harding wrote:
> > From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Recently signature tag Co-Developed-by was added to the
> > kernel (Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst). checkpatch.pl doesn't know
> > about it yet. All prior tags used all lowercase characters except for first
> > character. Checks for this format had to be re-worked to allow for the
> > new tag.
> > 
> > Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 
> > Greg,
> > 
> > This patch has the same brief commit and achieves the same aim as the
> > code you reviewed. I'm adding your tag here even though the code is
> > totally different. I believe you were reviewing the behaviour of the
> > code not the actual logic.
> 
> Well, I did read the actual logic, I do know perl :)

No offense meant, just trying to make your day easier.

> Anyway, my reviewed-by still stands here, thanks.

thanks,
Tobin.