Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Cai Huoqing <> | Subject | [PATCH 2/2] docs: checkpatch: Add the description for RFC_TAG_PREFIX waining messsage | Date | Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:58:52 +0800 |
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A check item for RFC tags is added to checkpatch.pl, which will report RFC_TAG_PREFIX warning. so add the description for RFC_TAG_PREFIX.
Signed-off-by: Cai Huoqing <caihuoqing@baidu.com> --- Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst index b52452bc2963..0da827af3d93 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst @@ -554,6 +554,16 @@ Commit message See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html#describe-your-changes + **RFC_TAG_PREFIX** + RFC tag is outside subject prefix. + RFC tag outside subject prefix is incorrect like this:: + + Subject: [PATCH v2] RFC: + + Perfer:: + + Subject: [RFC PATCH v2] + **FROM_SIGN_OFF_MISMATCH** The author's email does not match with that in the Signed-off-by: line(s). This can be sometimes caused due to an improperly configured -- 2.25.1
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