On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 14:03:31 -0700 Shuah Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/8/26 12:48, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Thu, 8 Jan 2026 11:27:26 -0700 > > Shuah <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Yes I can take this through and send this for rc5 or rc6. > >> But first the following warning needs fixing before I can > >> apply the patch > >> > >> WARNING: From:/Signed-off-by: email address mismatch: 'From: Fushuai Wang > >> <[email protected]>' != 'Signed-off-by: Fushuai Wang > >> <[email protected]>' > > > > Hmm, do emails have to match? There's times I used a different SoB than the > > From. The From is different than the SoB. The important part I found was to > > make sure the name is the same. But I didn't think the email address was > > important. And this will become more of an issue, as gmail blocks my > > goodmis.org account, so I send with my kernel.org account when my goodmis > > is the only one I sign off with. Thus this restriction will fail for me on > > my patches. > > I go by the warning - I don't take patches unless From address > matches the SoB. I guess my patches would then fail your requirements ;-) Anyway, Fushuai, you can add to the top of your commit: From: Fushuai Wang <[email protected]> and that will make the From and SoB match without having to change your mail client. I usually have that. Because Linus doesn't like my patches having my company name in it for the "author" but I have it in the SoB to give credit to the one paying me to do the work. -- Steve
