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

[Dmitry Vyukov]

On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 at 07:24, Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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We can add whatever text you will say. What is the official position?