Currently the checklist does not provide an indication of appropriate
times to send patches; add a brief note on the topic.
Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
index 2b7e32d..8b23f9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
+++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -107,3 +107,8 @@ kernel patches.
CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_SYSFS, CONFIG_PROC_FS, CONFIG_INPUT, CONFIG_PCI,
CONFIG_BLOCK, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ,
CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_INET=n (but latter with CONFIG_NET=y)
+
+27: For patches which are not urgent fixes for bugs in the current tree,
+ double-check https://www.kernel.org/ to make sure the merge window is
+ CLOSED ("mainline:" showing an -rc kernel) before sending. For more
+ information on the release cycle, see Documentation/development-process/.
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