Date:   Sun, 5 Feb 2023 16:34:29 +0100
From:   Nam Cao <namcaov@gmail.com>
To:     Guru Mehar Rachaputi <gurumeharrachaputi@gmail.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
        Forest Bond <forest@alittletooquiet.net>,
        linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] staging: vt6655: Macro with braces issue change to
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On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 02:30:59PM +0100, Guru Mehar Rachaputi wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 02:16:07PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 02:08:02PM +0100, Guru Mehar Rachaputi wrote:
> > > This patch is to fix checkpatch warning: "Macro argument 'iobase' may be better
> > > as '(iobase)' to avoid precedence issues"
> > > 
> > > ---
> > > Changes in v3:
> > > 	- Whitespace error from checkpatch fixed
> > > 
> > > Changes in v2:
> > > 	- Macros with one statement that is to call 'iowrite8' function changed
> > > 	to inline function as reviewed by gregkh@linuxfoundation.org.
> > > 	In relation to this, names of the callers of macro are also modified
> > > 	to call this function.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Guru Mehar Rachaputi <gurumeharrachaputi@gmail.com>
> > 
> > Try to take this patch and apply it to a tree, and see that everything
> > below the --- line is thrown away, including your signed-off-by: line :(
> > 
> Sorry, should not a patch contain signed-off-by: line?
> I did not understand.

Patches must include signed-off-by. However your patch has it below the
--- line, and git will throw it away. You can try "git am <your patch>"
and see for yourself.

Best regards,
Nam