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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 11/13/26 3:02 PM, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > 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 Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Thanks. > --- > 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 f271d7413f72..85ba046d66fb 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 > -- ~Randy