RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add test for empty line after Fixes statement

[Michal Kalderon]

> From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2019 3:57 PM
> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add test for empty line after Fixes
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> On Mon, 2019-05-20 at 15:42 +0300, Michal Kalderon wrote:
> > Check that there is no empty line after a fixes statement
> 
> why?
> 
This comment is given a lot on the netdev and rdma mailing lists when patches are submitted with
an empty line between Fixes: tag and SOB tags. Since "Fixes:" is just another tag and should be kept
together with the other ones.
thanks,
Michal