Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: whitelist Originally-by: signature

From: Eugeniu Rosca
Date: Fri Nov 15 2019 - 10:46:43 EST


Hi Jonathan,

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 07:09:17AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Fri, 2019-11-15 at 16:02 +0100, Eugeniu Rosca wrote:
> > Oftentimes [1], the contributor would like to honor or give credits [2]
> > to somebody's original ideas in the submission/reviewing process. While
> > "Co-developed-by:" and "Suggested-by:" (currently whitelisted) could be
> > employed for this purpose, they are not ideal.
>
> You need to get the use of this accepted into Documentation/process
> before adding it to checkpatch

If the change [*] makes sense to you, I can submit an update to
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst

[*] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=157383014408527&w=2

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Best Regards,
Eugeniu