[Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH v2] checkpatch: Fix the usage of capture group ( ... )

[Joe Perches]

On Thu, 2020-07-30 at 07:58 +0200, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> 
> did you see this quick fix to checkpatch.pl? Can you comment on the 
> commit and can we get a quick ack on that fix, please?

Yes, in a bit.

> General question on patches for ./scripts/checkpatch.pl:
> How do they travel to Linus?

Generally via Andrew Morton.

> Do you pick those patches and provide them to Andrew Morton?
> Or do you just ack them and we need to send them to Andrew Morton to get 
> them into mainline?

Generally, ack and forward.