Hi,
checkpatch seems to have problems parsing some types of
email comments. Some examples I could find were of the type:

1) address@example.com (Comment)
2) "Name (Comment) " address@example.com
3) address@example.com #comment

These comments aren't processed currently which causes
false BAD_SIGN_OFF warnings.

Examples are:

WARNING:BAD_SIGN_OFF: email address 'David.Laight@aculab.com
(big endian system concerns)' might be better as 'David.Laight@aculab.com
(big endian system concerns)'

WARNING:BAD_SIGN_OFF: email address 'stable@vger.kernel.org #4.20+'
might be better as 'stable@vger.kernel.org#4.20+'

The earlier warning is very frequent in the kernel.

I did send a patch solving (1 and 3),
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kernel-mentees/a15a6cc0ddea068d78113f5e315eaba6f52b917a.camel@perches.com/ (local)

Joe points out that comments and multiple comments can
exist at any part of email. (perhaps RFC 5322 Appendix A.5). So
that patch didn't solve the problem at the very root.

What do you recommend be done?

Thanks,
Dwaipayan.
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