Re: [RFC] kernel/ review rules

From: Bradley Morgan

Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 03:30:11 EST


On 21 August 2026 02:00:45 BST, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 01:20:47 +0100 Bradley Morgan <include@xxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>> So, when I do reviews from now on, if I haven't reviewed the patch
>> super vigourisly, e.g: for nits, or for like little things, instead of
>> adding my R-B, I'll add this instead:
>>
>> Acked-by: Bradley Morgan <include@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>That's conventional.
>
>Here's my interpretation:
>
>Acked-by: "cool changelog!"
>Reviewed-by: + nothing "cool changelog and I scrolled through it"

^

Some maintainers moan when I do this

So acked by fixes


>Reviewed-by: + commentary: "I reviewed it!"
>
>



Thanks!