Re: [PATCH v6 05/21] x86/fpu: Make XFD initialization in __fpstate_reset() a function argument

Paolo Bonzini
2022-01-10T15:55:11Z

On 1/10/22 16:25, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> "Standard sign-off procedure applies, i.e. the ordering of
> Signed-off-by: tags should reflect the chronological history of
> the patch insofar as possible, regardless of whether the author
> is attributed via From: or Co-developed-by:. Notably, the last
> Signed-off-by: must always be that of the developer submitting the
> patch."

So this means that "the author must be the first SoB" is not an absolute
rule. In the case of this patch we had:

From: Jing Liu <jing2.liu@intel.com>
...
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jing Liu <jing2.liu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Yang Zhong <yang.zhong@intel.com>

and the possibilities could be:

1) have two SoB lines for Jing (before and after Thomas)

2) add a Co-developed-by for Thomas as the first line

3) do exactly what the gang did ("remain practical and do only an SOB
chain")

Paolo