From: Alexei Starovoitov <a...@plumgrid.com>
Date: Fri, 01 May 2015 20:15:49 -0700

> On 5/1/15 4:48 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Cong Wang <cw...@twopensource.com>
>> Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 13:33:28 -0700
>>
>>> Quote from Documentation/SubmittingPatches:
>>>
>>> "
>>> The "from" line must be the very first line in the message body,
>>> and has the form:
>>>
>>>          From: Original Author <aut...@example.com>
>>>
>>> The "from" line specifies who will be credited as the author of the
>>> patch in the permanent changelog.  If the "from" line is missing,
>>> then the "From:" line from the email header will be used to determine
>>> the patch author in the changelog.
>>> "
>>>
>>> You should take a look at how Andrew Morton works
>>> when he fixes minor things, I am sure he fixes much
>>> more than you do.
>>
>> +1
>>
> 
> Dave, please help me understand the rules here.

If Jamal wrote the patch and you made some modifications it's
still his his patch so he gets authorship.

Who are you, Napoleon?
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