[PATCH] devtools: ignore new warnings on reported-by tag

[Dariusz Sosnowski]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 03:33:00PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> 20/08/2025 11:50, Dariusz Sosnowski:
> > There were 2 changes introduced in checkpatch.pl script [1][2]
> > which verify if Reported-by tag is followed by Link or Closes tag.
> > Example of the warning output:
> > 
> >     WARNING:BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK:
> >       Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Closes:
> >       with a URL to the report
> > 
> > Original purpose is to link the patch to the mailing list discussion
> > and/or a bug report.
> > 
> > Since in DPDK these tags are not used, these warnings are false
> > positives and can be ignored in devtools/checkpatches.sh.
> 
> We use "Reported-by", it gives credit to people doing this precious work.
> But we don't mandate a link for this credit.

Sorry, maybe my commit message was misleading.
I was referring to Link and Closes tags in that last sentence.

The new check in checkpatch.pl will warn if there is no Link or Closes
tag assuming Reported-by is present.
It does not warn on Reported-by itself.

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