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authorBorislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>2021-04-13 13:38:34 +0200
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2021-04-13 15:00:37 -0600
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Documentation/submitting-patches: Document RESEND tag on patches
Explain when a submitter should tag a patch or a patch series with the "RESEND" tag. This has been partially carved out from a tip subsystem handbook patchset by Thomas Gleixner: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181107171010.421878737@linutronix.de and incorporates follow-on comments. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -346,6 +346,16 @@ that you have sent your patches to the right place. Wait for a minimum of
one week before resubmitting or pinging reviewers - possibly longer during
busy times like merge windows.
+It's also ok to resend the patch or the patch series after a couple of
+weeks with the word "RESEND" added to the subject line::
+
+ [PATCH Vx RESEND] sub/sys: Condensed patch summary
+
+Don't add "RESEND" when you are submitting a modified version of your
+patch or patch series - "RESEND" only applies to resubmission of a
+patch or patch series which have not been modified in any way from the
+previous submission.
+
Include PATCH in the subject
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