Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] docs: process: submitting-patches: Clarify the Reported-by usage

[Jonathan Corbet]

Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 1/27/22 08:32, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> It's unclear from "Submitting Patches" documentation that Reported-by
>> is not supposed to be used against new features. (It's more clear
>> in the section 5.4 "Patch formatting and changelogs" of the "A guide
>> to the Kernel Development Process", where it suggests that change
>> should fix something existing in the kernel. Clarify the Reported-by
>> usage in the "Submitting Patches".
>> 
>> Reported-by: Florian Eckert <fe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v2: rephrased as suggested by Jonathan
>>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 ++-
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
>> index 31ea120ce531..fb496b2ebfd3 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
>> @@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes:
>>  The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it
>>  hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future.  Please note that if
>>  the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the
>> -Reported-by tag.
>> +Reported-by tag. The tag is intended for bugs; please do not use it to credit
>> +feature requests.
>>  
>
> LGTM.
> Although it could refer to Suggested-by.  :)
>
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.

jon