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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-11-23 21:01:32 -1000 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-11-23 21:01:32 -1000 |
commit | 1d3bc6363a7d14393e7e66f092645e2229b39954 (patch) | |
tree | 53bbedd96014f2a04cb853140868d3d739658f6f /Documentation/process | |
parent | dab0badc8735f4e8bf07bc56bdeefce91d413924 (diff) | |
parent | 3a025e1d1c2ea42fa497c9c6b21c284e0f69e28b (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'docs-4.15-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
"A few late-arriving docs updates that have no real reason to wait.
There's a new "Co-Developed-by" tag described by Greg, and a build
enhancement from Willy to generate docs warnings during a kernel build
(but only when additional warnings have been requested in general)"
* tag 'docs-4.15-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux:
Add optional check for bad kernel-doc comments
Documentation: fix profile= options in kernel-parameters.txt
documentation/svga.txt: update outdated file
kokr/memory-barriers.txt: Fix typo in paring example
kokr/memory-barriers/txt: Replace uses of "transitive"
Documentation/process: add Co-Developed-by: tag for patches with multiple authors
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst index 1b7728b19ea7..645fa9c7388a 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst @@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ The tags in common use are: which can be found in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst. Code without a proper signoff cannot be merged into the mainline. + - Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer + along with the original author. This is useful at times when multiple + people work on a single patch. Note, this person also needs to have a + Signed-off-by: line in the patch as well. + - Acked-by: indicates an agreement by another developer (often a maintainer of the relevant code) that the patch is appropriate for inclusion into the kernel. |