checkpatch: Warn on improper usage of Co-developed-by
authorSean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:11:37 +0000 (14:11 -0700)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:44:43 +0000 (10:44 -0600)
commit6c5d24eef7be7adfcb608f2852ab69b58935133b
tree928ff8d79e566621ac2da8ce45825faf49d2bf1a
parentc55760806d082ff9947560950cfd6cf180ab491e
checkpatch: Warn on improper usage of Co-developed-by

The purpose of Co-developed-by: is to give attribution to authors who
aren't already attributed by the From: tag, i.e. who aren't the nominal
patch author.  Because Co-developed-by: is essentially a variation of
From:, it must be accompanied by a Signed-off-by: of the associated
co-author.  To ease the burden of determining whether or not co-authors
have signed off, Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by: must be explicitly
paired, i.e. on consecutive lines for a given co-author.

Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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