From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay.hostedemail.com (smtprelay0016.hostedemail.com [216.40.44.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4AF714C98 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2026 22:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=216.40.44.16 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767565344; cv=none; b=OGQDYHGYyHphp0CyR7xgAKMCbOIIjXndnouYTU05eGGZIz/l6z2S9eLl5q3x0mBl3a6xiK2IRRg0wF2RJS5OWqjw5kxYAwn57IzcIR+1yTrezU+Bu+ky8sWUsEdnfmUt53ZV/Wmvdt94U+Swntx7TFxUrQtMDuMgE9oJeUfVC3g= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767565344; c=relaxed/simple; bh=HD+1FYKuwYiN4Rlsxl6Lh5FnPb38LjGlkZAPEc7hO+c=; h=Message-ID:Subject:From:To:Cc:Date:In-Reply-To:References: Content-Type:MIME-Version; b=agvM8LoDqjRFQX0dspRXIZDP3EpEkVAjeOfHQi06OCA9FzdeTCWFSTZTAThzdqCe9eQxNoJbEa0ag56ZrS8B7wvgCCSQw+6nSDZBkbY09YN0N66uUstfXEs4R9rL2yXxb+yfxuWU1gcPE1gNQyBQnVRexa10e7xl62qrd30PYys= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=perches.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=perches.com; arc=none smtp.client-ip=216.40.44.16 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=perches.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=perches.com Received: from omf17.hostedemail.com (a10.router.float.18 [10.200.18.1]) by unirelay06.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4D7A1A9F47; Sun, 4 Jan 2026 22:22:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [HIDDEN] (Authenticated sender: joe@perches.com) by omf17.hostedemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 2B14B1C; Sun, 4 Jan 2026 22:22:11 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] checkpatch: Warn about sign offs if there's an accidental patch separator From: Joe Perches To: Ian Rogers , Andrew Morton Cc: Kuan-Wei Chiu , Dwaipayan Ray , Lukas Bulwahn , Stephen Rothwell , Andy Whitcroft , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Namhyung Kim Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:22:10 -0800 In-Reply-To: References: <20251205053457.8556-1-irogers@google.com> <195a2cba2b461a0ab99ae004bdf079b038db8b07.camel@perches.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.56.2 (3.56.2-2.fc42) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 2B14B1C X-Stat-Signature: 5stye4paq66byhayjd45mjegk3hgswcy X-Rspamd-Server: rspamout08 X-Session-Marker: 6A6F6540706572636865732E636F6D X-Session-ID: U2FsdGVkX1+Y9r/aMomQh9xA7qylCAx+z+v9DxoJISo= X-HE-Tag: 1767565331-628554 X-HE-Meta: U2FsdGVkX1/CxEiwb4i3o4mpqIKAPxzICsySbGgahju/GJFK5rZP4f6B2I3qKZFubQU+jV7F7KzzNZxM3ROeV8d0rvcHrhe2q6jnRptLu9ELSAaOJhISpFKhBhz9WbIab+38/GTne/yuYMV5GfyU6y4JEEHNYJf5x+/sZ+D46BLGja4dEW1PQZOtG5MxkftAg04FSL1/ORMMAWaEJiGDLH9WEAt97qk+jaiwrRSQRgANcPwR69QRq0j4fSF9SckdD8PKp2iS+czRCN5LOLp5KxxSfFWqJSdzbxktcRwGLPH1YKNto6ZfTVRQIqD4cK9unkwCLd3HewL6F1ax0RfXjfNSBmvwfb98F2fYkC+UirCeseXb4B8ga6P5n+sxADfe6vmmA6hMZuqb/PsO637YSVyfXhYFWkHaZ4/cZKGYwvU= On Sun, 2026-01-04 at 13:13 -0800, Ian Rogers wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2026 at 10:54=E2=80=AFAM Joe Perches wro= te: > >=20 > > On Mon, 2026-01-05 at 01:37 +0800, Kuan-Wei Chiu wrote: > > > +Cc Andrew Morton, > > [] > >=20 > > > That said, any Ack/Review or feedback from checkpatch.pl > > > maintainers/reviewers would still be helpful and appreciated. > >=20 > >=20 > > I think most of this is pointless and incorrect besides. > > A patch separator is specifically 3 dashes not a line that > > starts with 3 or more dashes. >=20 > Thanks Joe, do you have a reference for this? [] > > See the original problem > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251203214706.112174-7-irogers@google.com= / Did you look at this?