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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-11-23 21:01:32 -1000
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-11-23 21:01:32 -1000
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parentAdd optional check for bad kernel-doc comments (diff)
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Merge tag 'docs-4.15-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet: "A few late-arriving docs updates that have no real reason to wait. There's a new "Co-Developed-by" tag described by Greg, and a build enhancement from Willy to generate docs warnings during a kernel build (but only when additional warnings have been requested in general)" * tag 'docs-4.15-2' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: Add optional check for bad kernel-doc comments Documentation: fix profile= options in kernel-parameters.txt documentation/svga.txt: update outdated file kokr/memory-barriers.txt: Fix typo in paring example kokr/memory-barriers/txt: Replace uses of "transitive" Documentation/process: add Co-Developed-by: tag for patches with multiple authors
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@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ The tags in common use are:
which can be found in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst. Code without a
proper signoff cannot be merged into the mainline.
+ - Co-Developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
+ along with the original author. This is useful at times when multiple
+ people work on a single patch. Note, this person also needs to have a
+ Signed-off-by: line in the patch as well.
+
- Acked-by: indicates an agreement by another developer (often a
maintainer of the relevant code) that the patch is appropriate for
inclusion into the kernel.