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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 9 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index aa0c1e63f050..6e97e73d87b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ person it names. This tag documents that potentially interested parties have been included in the discussion -14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by: and Reviewed-by: +14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by: and Suggested-by: If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please @@ -468,6 +468,13 @@ done on the patch. Reviewed-by: tags, when supplied by reviewers known to understand the subject area and to perform thorough reviews, will normally increase the likelihood of your patch getting into the kernel. +A Suggested-by: tag indicates that the patch idea is suggested by the person +named and ensures credit to the person for the idea. Please note that this +tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, especially if the +idea was not posted in a public forum. That said, if we diligently credit our +idea reporters, they will, hopefully, be inspired to help us again in the +future. + 15) The canonical patch format diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 3a7600d12783..b954de58304f 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi: Tested-by:| Reviewed-by:| Reported-by:| + Suggested-by:| To:| Cc: )}; |