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(It's more clear in the section 5.4 "Patch formatting and changelogs" of the "A guide to the Kernel Development Process", where it suggests that change should fix something existing in the kernel. Clarify the Reported-by usage in the "Submitting Patches". Reported-by: Florian Eckert Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 31ea120ce531..24c1a5565385 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -495,7 +495,8 @@ Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future. Please note that if the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the -Reported-by tag. +Reported-by tag. A new feature can't be reported since there is no code in the +kernel to fix. A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that -- 2.34.1