Re: [PATCH 1/3] fs: split off vfs_getdents function of getdents64 syscall

[Hao Xu <hao.xu@linux.dev>]

On 7/12/23 21:55, Ammar Faizi wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 04:03:41PM +0800, Hao Xu wrote:
>> On 7/11/23 21:02, Ammar Faizi wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 07:40:25PM +0800, Hao Xu wrote:
>>>> Co-developed-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@fb.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@fb.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@codewreck.org>
>>>> ---
>>> Since you took this, it needs your Signed-off-by.
>>>
>> Hi Ammar,
>> I just add this signed-off-by of Stefan to resolve the checkpatch complain,
>> no code change.
> Both, you and Stefan are required to sign-off. The submitter is also
> required to sign-off even if the submitter makes no code change.
>
> See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html:
> """
> Any further SoBs (Signed-off-by:'s) following the author's SoB are from
> people handling and transporting the patch, but were not involved in its
> development. SoB chains should reflect the real route a patch took as it
> was propagated to the maintainers and ultimately to Linus, with the
> first SoB entry signalling primary authorship of a single author.
> """
>
> It also applies to the maintainer when they apply your patches.


Hi Ammar,

I see, this information is really helpful, I'll fix it in next version 
to make it

more standardized.


Thanks,

Hao