From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1792510563; b=X4Uj21T97I6Mn89+ExhpYvzMyJg3Kw4FhT1071opZLddE6xX4G+Zwo4dsuD4bdIyzVc5 24nsLN0/Ep7aSj9RozEjyBBdHqA9LH3rHhl9XqAvTCjlHtMljJBap8eYFyiY9zTC4622l W9Bi7AjAihO0oVfZbYp+DikdQwgCLAW1ELzOYfvbrEGZJF1b74orafkg0H9NPV+YgQU87 uC9lStMnIxvys2p6VIcQzm2rXE/bKqa5K4f83HR6ZCbwbuEYY7xXrIVt6xVXEUG87pN5i 33UGTrSRDVgy4vc7COlPXLdwsP/QYzGN2ouq7e8xdN0jWpw32yfkdb50TeCY/M6Vyzw== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1792510563; h=Received:DKIM-Signature:From:Date:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:References:In-Reply-To:To:Cc: X-Mailer:X-Developer-Signature:X-Developer-Key; bh=pOwLtvBNWYcPUXh0MDKShRbc4hIk6nWsRpW0T7LlthE=; b=WrCU1Qfk/HGzdHxjvgAO5V5sQXTy4O0ExEP3L/LKGbPz+TrA3vxFSbAWsCRyZPUCp69p pzg0Q7DYhJxxq5XgJVe9XDdqe+0bhAKYAlMdj4vbLy8XLdAnCwCiGWd3zf8ie6cb2SICc Q/bLL0mb3rEztCFYN+UytVTHdbzmhwW5r4d436LyJuwYhwu+ssFwpobImvahGobrBBgFx I9xix9cJHjKazM8fAwWnXaS0UU49jQiFURZz1MllHpFJzgtVSKO9f1VuaRQC995pMTZ6L /INfF3qRjEe2pH6CNojxS/AqU8bVxFt6QWVHKenhtEA/b0bZqzT2uxK6ZcwD79sdW8g== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=korg header.b=tFpqJ0az; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=100.103.45.18 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D20F6606A336; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:36:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key, unprotected) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=korg header.b=tFpqJ0az Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 475461F000C5; Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:36:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1792510562; bh=pOwLtvBNWYcPUXh0MDKShRbc4hIk6nWsRpW0T7LlthE=; h=From:Date:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:To:Cc; b=tFpqJ0azLNADX5d5UDjN6PB0O2z5IXHbXR5CodntOysND/cjQKab5wRv8suBNW6BL FkM2lo4Fv7WBIAx0BkFFoPnFEfW7PF005V08DWU9IxFiKr6TBStsJQGRbRDJZKjR3u lflyhI9Vt7IK4BAkTGJVfXggRoRR9a6Qx31xpKKg= From: Konstantin Ryabitsev Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:35:26 -0400 Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] docs: submitting-patches: make LKML a list of last resort again X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20261020-get-maintainer-the-rest-fallback-v2-2-162aea473488@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20261020-get-maintainer-the-rest-fallback-v2-0-162aea473488@linuxfoundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20261020-get-maintainer-the-rest-fallback-v2-0-162aea473488@linuxfoundation.org> To: Joe Perches , Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Randy Dunlap Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, users@kernel.org, Federico Vaga , Akira Yokosawa , Carlos Bilbao , Avadhut Naik , Alex Shi , Yanteng Si , Dongliang Mu , Chen-Yu Yeh , Weijie Yuan , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Petr Pavlu , Konstantin Ryabitsev X-Mailer: b4 0.17-dev-39d60 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=openpgp-sha256; l=1962; i=konstantin@linuxfoundation.org; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=A4Lp7gFeUfcf3p09zbqDUXS2edDiBqlXcq1mBxaMvQk=; b=owGbwMvMwCW27YjM47CUmTmMp9WSGLKud4W+LGtslvii+FzHWEYyV0TJfJW3uPoRqfreu1t/r GHieyXcUcrCIMbFICumyFK2L3ZTUOFDD7n0HlOYOaxMIEMYuDgFYCIffRgZzrpwMmUn9ocf2Hh6 Y0/T6mnHxVK3R326NCdTYndCvYaLDSPDu0uWmc1zVy49vH3TOufDSR/V+juzfdfynLuj/eLLbvM VPAA= X-Developer-Key: i=konstantin@linuxfoundation.org; a=openpgp; fpr=DE0E66E32F1FDD0902666B96E63EDCA9329DD07E Commit 77167b966b7e ("docs: submitting-patches: clarify the role of LKML") changed the documentation to say that all patches should be sent to LKML by default, because get_maintainer.pl always suggested it. Now that get_maintainer.pl only falls back to THE REST when no other matching section provides a mailing list, update the documentation to match: send patches to the subsystem-specific list, and use LKML only when there isn't one. Suggested-by: Petr Pavlu Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 7ae79452e1b4..b4a2750599a7 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -239,9 +239,12 @@ patches as arguments to scripts/get_maintainer.pl). If you cannot find a maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew Morton (akpm@linux-foundation.org) serves as a maintainer of last resort. -linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org should be used by default for all patches, but the -volume on that list has caused a number of developers to tune it out. Please -do not spam unrelated lists and unrelated people, though. +You should also normally choose at least one mailing list to receive a copy of +your patch set. Look in the MAINTAINERS file for a subsystem-specific list; +your patch will probably get more attention there. +linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org functions as a list of last resort for patches +that do not have a subsystem-specific list. Please do not spam unrelated lists +and unrelated people, though. Many kernel-related lists are hosted at kernel.org; you can find a list of them at https://subspace.kernel.org. There are kernel-related lists -- 2.55.0