From: Cryolitia PukNgae <cryolitia@uniontech.com>
> The tag should be followed by a Closes: tag pointing to the report,
> unless the report is not available on the web. The Link: tag can be
> used instead of Closes: if the patch fixes a part of the issue(s)
> being reported.
Accroding to Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst , Link: is
also acceptable to followed a Reported-by:
Signed-off-by: Cryolitia PukNgae <cryolitia@uniontech.com>
---
Link to previous: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251023-checkpatch-v1-1-ff73ed1027d6@uniontech.com
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 92669904eecc..01c4e70b19a0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3205,10 +3205,10 @@ sub process {
if ($sign_off =~ /^reported(?:|-and-tested)-by:$/i) {
if (!defined $lines[$linenr]) {
WARN("BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK",
- "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Closes: with a URL to the report\n" . $herecurr . "\n");
- } elsif ($rawlines[$linenr] !~ /^closes:\s*/i) {
+ "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Closes: or Link: with a URL to the report\n" . $herecurr . "\n");
+ } elsif ($rawlines[$linenr] !~ /^(closes|link):\s*/i) {
WARN("BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK",
- "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Closes: with a URL to the report\n" . $herecurr . $rawlines[$linenr] . "\n");
+ "Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Closes: or Link: with a URL to the report\n" . $herecurr . $rawlines[$linenr] . "\n");
}
}
}
---
base-commit: 98ac9cc4b4452ed7e714eddc8c90ac4ae5da1a09
change-id: 20250919-checkpatch-0276787ebfbe
Best regards,
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Cryolitia PukNgae <cryolitia@uniontech.com>