Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: add new warnings to author signoff checks.

[Dwaipayan Ray]

> > > Except for comments and quotes like:
> > >
> > >         From: J. Random Developer (BigCorp) <jrd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >         Signed-off-by: "J. Random Developer" <jrd@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > I think any time there's a mismatch, there
> > > should be a warning emitted.
> > >
> > > That includes any subaddress detail difference.
> > >
> > >
> > Hi,
> > Yeah these cases are being handled.
> >
> > Comments and quotes don't generate any warning message but
> > all the other mismatches do.
> >
> > Only the check for subaddress generates a --strict check message.
> > others are all WARN messages. It was followed from our discussion at
> > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel-mentees/7b52e085f0b69ad1742966f8eacd02deb9299b96.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > So does it need to be changed to a WARN or is it fine like that?
> >
>
> I will repeat what I suggested before:
>
> I think the complete mismatch where we cannot even find a name or an email
> match the author deserves to be reported as ERROR.
>
> Dwaipayan, if Joe does not disagree, could you change that in your PATCH v4?
>

Yes sure I hope to do that after Joe gives his affirmation.

To summarize it, two changes that could be made are
the CHK for subaddress extension could be converted to
a WARN, and the WARN in case of a missing author signoff
could be converted to an ERROR.

Thanks,
Dwaipayan.