Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: whitelist Originally-by: signature

From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri Nov 15 2019 - 10:09:41 EST


On Fri, 2019-11-15 at 16:02 +0100, Eugeniu Rosca wrote:
> Oftentimes [1], the contributor would like to honor or give credits [2]
> to somebody's original ideas in the submission/reviewing process. While
> "Co-developed-by:" and "Suggested-by:" (currently whitelisted) could be
> employed for this purpose, they are not ideal.

You need to get the use of this accepted into Documentation/process
before adding it to checkpatch