Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Jan 2022 16:55:01 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 05/21] x86/fpu: Make XFD initialization in __fpstate_reset() a function argument | From | Paolo Bonzini <> |
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On 1/10/22 16:25, Borislav Petkov wrote: > "Standard sign-off procedure applies, i.e. the ordering of > Signed-off-by: tags should reflect the chronological history of > the patch insofar as possible, regardless of whether the author > is attributed via From: or Co-developed-by:. Notably, the last > Signed-off-by: must always be that of the developer submitting the > patch."
So this means that "the author must be the first SoB" is not an absolute rule. In the case of this patch we had:
From: Jing Liu <jing2.liu@intel.com> ... Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Jing Liu <jing2.liu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Yang Zhong <yang.zhong@intel.com>
and the possibilities could be:
1) have two SoB lines for Jing (before and after Thomas)
2) add a Co-developed-by for Thomas as the first line
3) do exactly what the gang did ("remain practical and do only an SOB chain")
Paolo
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