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| author | Niklas Söderlund | 2022-09-14 12:02:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Andrew Morton | 2022-10-03 14:21:44 -0700 |
| commit | bd17e036b495bebbf07a5fc814c868e30e1dc131 (patch) | |
| tree | a3cd41979a45e0252a2c9a87f96f6101bc9b8240 /Documentation/dev-tools | |
| parent | 462cd7724e2341472c9f9670ac88e250788d4c82 (diff) | |
checkpatch: warn for non-standard fixes tag style
Add a warning for fixes tags that does not follow community conventions.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220914100255.1048460-1-niklas.soderlund@corigine.com
Signed-off-by: Niklas Söderlund <niklas.soderlund@corigine.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
Reviewed-by: Louis Peens <louis.peens@corigine.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Schenker <philippe.schenker@toradex.com>
Acked-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/dev-tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst index b52452bc2963..c3389c6f3838 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst @@ -612,6 +612,13 @@ Commit message See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes + **BAD_FIXES_TAG** + The Fixes: tag is malformed or does not follow the community conventions. + This can occur if the tag have been split into multiple lines (e.g., when + pasted in an email program with word wrapping enabled). + + See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes + Comparison style ---------------- |