Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: add "Reported-and-tested-by:" tag

[Carlos Llamas]

On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 09:22:45AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Sat, 2024-04-20 at 00:28 +0200, Nam Cao wrote:
> > The tag "Reported-and-tested-by:" is used all the time. Add this tag.
> 
> General nack:
> 
> I think that combined tags should be avoided
> 
> see:
> 
> Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst:Please do not use combined tags, e.g. ``Reported-and-tested-by``, as
> Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst-they just complicate automated extraction of tags.
> 

If combined tags are discouraged then syzbot should perhaps stop
suggesting the `Reported-and-tested-by:` tag? I would imagine this not
only applies to the tip tree and that other maintainers agree with not
using combined tags.

FWIW, this tag in particular though is quite popular:
$ git log --grep '^Reported-and-tested-by: ' origin/master |wc -l
82056

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Carlos Llamas