Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Nov 2016 04:09:07 +1100 | From | Stephen Rothwell <> | Subject | Re: linux-next: bad commits in the security tree |
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Hi Casey,
On Tue, 22 Nov 2016 08:17:24 -0800 Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com> wrote: > > On 11/22/2016 2:58 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > Hi James, > > > > I noticed that there are some commits in the security tree that have no > > Signed-off-by from the committer (Casey Schaufler). > > > My understanding is that patches I don't write should > be Acked, not Signed-off when I commit them. If this is > not correct I will address my misconduct.
If you are on the path of a patch to Linus, you need to sign off on the patch according to the DCO - see section 11 of Documentation/SubmittingPatches (or Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst where it has been moved recently).
-- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell
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