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+# Checks related to the patch's signed-off-by lines
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+import base
+import parse_signed_off_by
+import re
+
+class PatchSignedOffBy(base.Base):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClassLocal(cls):
+        cls.newpatches = []
+        # get just those relevant patches: new software patches
+        for patch in cls.patchset:
+            if patch.path.endswith('.patch') and patch.is_added_file:
+                cls.newpatches.append(patch)
+
+        cls.mark = str(parse_signed_off_by.signed_off_by_mark).strip('"')
+
+        # match PatchSignedOffBy.mark with '+' preceding it
+        cls.prog = parse_signed_off_by.patch_signed_off_by
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        if self.unidiff_parse_error:
+            self.skip('Parse error %s' % self.unidiff_parse_error)
+
+    def test_signed_off_by_presence(self):
+        if not PatchSignedOffBy.newpatches:
+            self.skip("There are no new software patches, no reason to test %s presence" % PatchSignedOffBy.mark)
+
+        for newpatch in PatchSignedOffBy.newpatches:
+            payload = newpatch.__str__()
+            for line in payload.splitlines():
+                if self.patchmetadata_regex.match(line):
+                    continue
+                if PatchSignedOffBy.prog.search_string(payload):
+                    break
+            else:
+                self.fail('A patch file has been added, but does not have a Signed-off-by tag',
+                          'Sign off the added patch file (%s)' % newpatch.path)