Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Require author Signed-off-by

[Pavel Machek]

On Tue 2018-07-10 22:50:14, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Pavel,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 10:47 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Print an error if none of the Signed-off-by lines cover the patch
> > > author.
> >
> > Is it good idea? Signed-off-by system was _not_ meant to prevent
> > submission of third party patches.
> 
> My main motivation is catching accidentally forgotten Sobs.
> It's still up to you to submit or accept a patch that triggers
> checkpatch errors.

Should it be at warning level, then, or explicitely saying this is
okay if you are not patch author?
									Pavel
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