Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:21:47 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4] mm/memblock: fix overlapping allocation when doubling reserved array |
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On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:00:22 +0000 "Pearson, Greg" <greg.pearson@hp.com> wrote:
> I wasn't quite sure what to do about that at first either, I read > "Documentation/SubmittingPatches" and it says: > > "The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the > development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path." > > Since Yinghai contributed some code that is in the current version of > the patch I thought the "Signed-off-by" tag would be ok, but if > something else is more appropriate I have no problem re-cutting the > patch to make the chain of custody more clear.
Yup, we shouldn't expect people to be able to magically infer fine-grained details such as this from hints embedded in the signoff trail. Fortunately we can write stuff in English ;)
I added
: This patch contains contributions from Yinghai Lu.
to the changelog. Simple, huh? :)
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