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

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Mon May 20 2019 - 09:54:49 EST


On Mon, May 20, 2019 at 06:34:49AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Mon, 2019-05-20 at 13:16 +0000, Michal Kalderon wrote:
> > > 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
> > > statement
> > >
> > > External Email
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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.
>
> So test that all signature blocks and Fixes do not have
> blank lines between them instead of just the "Fixes:" line.
>
> And if there is some specific ordering required, perhaps a
> test for that ordering should be added as well.

I'm aware of only one request - Fixes above SOB.

Thanks

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