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Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add fix for non-standard signature -
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From:   Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To:     Aditya Srivastava <yashsri421@gmail.com>
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Date:   Wed, 02 Dec 2020 09:16:35 -0800
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On Wed, 2020-12-02 at 14:38 +0530, Aditya Srivastava wrote:
> Currently, checkpatch.pl warns for BAD_SIGN_OFF on the usage of
> non-standard signatures.
> 
> An evaluation on v4.13..v5.8 showed that out of 539 warnings due to
> non-standard signatures, 43 are due to the use of 'Co-authored-by'
> tag, which may seem correct, but is not standard.
> 
> The standard signature equivalent for 'Co-authored-by' is
> 'Co-developed-by'.
> 
> Provide a fix by suggesting users with this signature alternative and
> replacing.

This doesn't apply to either today's linux or -next.

It is dependent on a patch that is only in Andrew Morton's mmots.
Your patch subject should show that in the brackets.
Something like:

[PATCH -mmots] checkpatch: etc...

Adding --fix options to the obvious spelling typos in these signature
by-lines tags are a different case but I think this is a relatively low
value patch as I don't believe these tags should be limited in this way.

Maybe Andrew likes it.

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -2832,6 +2832,9 @@ sub process {
> ?
> 
> ?			if ($sign_off !~ /$signature_tags/) {
> ?				my $suggested_signature = find_standard_signature($sign_off);
> +				if ($sign_off =~ /co-authored-by:/i) {
> +					$suggested_signature = "Co-developed-by:";
> +				}