Re: [patch 1/6] Linux Kernel Markers - Architecture Independent Code

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

> On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:00:01 -0700 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:07:34 -0400 Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> 
> > Changelog:
> > - markers_mutex now nests inside module_mutex rather than the opposite.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
> > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
> > Reviewed-by: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche@redhat.com>
> 
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches recognizes Signed-off-by: and
> Acked-by:.  Nothing about Reviewed-by.  Quote:
> 
>   Acked-by: is not as formal as Signed-off-by:.  It is a record that the acker
>   has at least reviewed the patch and has indicated acceptance.
> 
> Reviewed-by: carries no such connotation or indication IMO.
> Please use Acked-by if that's what these reviewers have done.

Yeah.  We will start introducing Reviewed-by: (I haven't yet quite worked
out how yet) but it will be a quite formal thing and it would be something
which the reviewer explicitly provided.  For now, let's please stick with
acked-by (if those individuals did indeed send an acked-by)