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Kernel people don't care about GitHub, and rightly so. Here's the relevant documentation of commit tags: https://kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-

• reyqn 3y ago
  > A Suggested-by: tag indicates that the patch idea is suggested by the person named and ensures credit to the person for the idea. Please note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, especially if the idea was not posted in a public forum. That said, if we diligently credit our idea reporters, they will, hopefully, be inspired to help us again in the future. Seems like this would have been a good idea
  • hnfong 3y ago
    > Please note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission Given that the OP was upset for not being recognized as a kernel contributor, I wonder whether they'd settle for this. If not, then that would explain why Suggested-by was not used here.