docs: submitting-patches: describe preserving review/test tags
From time to time, the novice kernel contributors do not add Reviewed-by or Tested-by tags to the next versions of the patches. Mostly because they are unaware that responsibility of adding these tags in next version is on submitter, not maintainer. Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201013162725.13572-1-krzk@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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understand the subject area and to perform thorough reviews, will normally
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increase the likelihood of your patch getting into the kernel.
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Both Tested-by and Reviewed-by tags, once received on mailing list from tester
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or reviewer, should be added by author to the applicable patches when sending
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next versions. However if the patch has changed substantially in following
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version, these tags might not be applicable anymore and thus should be removed.
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Usually removal of someone's Tested-by or Reviewed-by tags should be mentioned
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in the patch changelog (after the '---' separator).
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A Suggested-by: tag indicates that the patch idea is suggested by the person
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named and ensures credit to the person for the idea. Please note that this
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tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, especially if the
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