On 3 May 2017 at 23:12, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> >> (cherry picked from commit c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511) >> Signed-off-by: Amit Pundir <amit.pundir@xxxxxxxxxx> > > When sending things to the stable tree, it's better to make that > upstream information explicit at the top, rather than hiding it like > this in the sign-off change. > > IOW, just somethuing like > > "commit c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511 upstream" > > as the first line of the body (not the subject line) tends to be the > standard way. > > I suspect Greg edits things that way anyway, but it presumably helps > if it's already in the right format. > > That way i*really* stands out what commit that is upstream. Thanks. I'll take care of the format from next time. Regards, Amit Pundir > > Linus