Re: [PATCH] fs: Fix comment typo

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 01:50:34PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > On Sun, Jun 11, 2023 at 08:33:14AM -0400, Shaomin Deng wrote:
> >> From: Mao Zhu <zhumao001@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> 
> >> Delete duplicated word in comment.
> >
> > On what function?
> 
> Bagas, do I *really* have to ask you, yet again, to stop nitpicking our
> contributors into the ground?  It appears I do.  So:
> 
> Bagas, *stop* this.  It's a typo patch removing an extraneous word.  The
> changelog is fine.  We absolutely do not need you playing changelog cop
> and harassing contributors over this kind of thing.

Amen.

> >> Signed-off-by: Mao Zhu <zhumao001@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > You're carrying someone else's patch, so besides SoB from original
> > author, you need to also have your own SoB.
> 
> This, instead, is a valid problem that needs to be fixed.

I mean ... yes, technically, it does.  But it's a change that deletes
a word in a comment.  Honestly, I'd take the patch without any kind of
sign-off.  It doesn't create any copyright claim, which is the purpose
of the DCO.