Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:16:46 +0300 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Avoid Wunused-but-set warning | From | Pekka Enberg <> |
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On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 5:21 AM, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> wrote: > I have the feeling from this thread that "Acked-by:" does not need any > particular qualification, whereas Reviewed-by: "kinda" does. But I may > have understood that all wrong. Btw, I say "kinda" as I see nothing in > the Reviewed-by: or Acked-by: definition that require any > qualification on the involved subsystem to give an Acked-by: or a > Reviewed-by:. Maybe we [not?] need such some formal requirement.
The formal requirement for 'Reviewed-by' is that you're OK with Linus and the gang handing your ass to you on a plate when a patch you've blessed with your tag breaks the world. 'Acked-by' is similar in nature but the repercussions are less severe.
Pekka
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