Btw, checkpatch.pl seems to requires referring to a specific commit on
the same line,
ERROR: Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> ("<title line>")' - ie: 'commit 9ec4ecef0af7 ("kexec_file,x86,powerpc: factor out kexec_file_ops functions")'
#6: commit 9ec4ecef0af7 ("kexec_file,x86, powerpc: factor out
kexec_file_ops
functions") allows implementing the arch-specific implementation of kernel
total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 61 lines checked
NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.
"[PATCH] kexec: clean up arch_kexec_kernel_verify_sig" has style problems, please review.
NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
Is this a false positive?
No, it's not. Youp probably copied the commit subject and modified it.
Please copy below two lines into your patch to replace and try again.
commit 9ec4ecef0af7 ("kexec_file,x86,powerpc: factor out kexec_file_ops
functions")