Re: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: Clarify half-baked review tags
From: Markus Elfring
Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 03:54:39 EST
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> +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
> @@ -585,6 +585,8 @@ serves to give credit to reviewers and to inform maintainers of the degree of
> review which has been done on the patch. Reviewed-by: tags, when supplied by
> reviewers known to understand the subject area and to perform thorough reviews,
> will normally increase the likelihood of your patch getting into the kernel.
> +If the reviewer checks only piece of the patch, leaving the rest unreviewed,
> +then more appropriately is Acked-by tag.
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Possible adjustment:
+an Acked-by tag is more appropriate then.
Regards,
Markus