[LTP] [PATCH v2 2/2] doc: Add Maintainer Patch Review Checklist

Li Wang liwang@redhat.com
Fri Mar 19 05:56:59 CET 2021


Li Wang <liwang@redhat.com> wrote:


> +Commit messages should have
>> +
>> +* Author's `Signed-off-by` tag
>> +* Committer's `Reviewed-by` or `Signed-off-by` tag
>>
>
> Or adding `Acked-by:` also acceptable?
>
> I'm not sure what's the difference between Acked-by and Reviewed-by,
> but personally feel the Acked-by has more confidence in the reviewing.
>
> In my mind,
>
> `Acked-by` means:
> code review OK, compiled OK, executed OK, has confidence it OK for all
> arches
>
> `Reviewed-by` means:
> code review OK, compiled and executed OK just locally or optional, still room
> for improvement/discussion
>

Plz ignore my rough understanding, I find a precise description at kernel
process/submitting-patches.rst.

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst#when-to-use-acked-by-cc-and-co-developed-by

-- 
Regards,
Li Wang
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