The patchwork states are largely self-explanatory but small ambiguities may still come up. Document how we interpret the states in networking. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> --- CC: corbet@xxxxxxx CC: workflows@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst index c1c732e9748b..5d16fbb93d25 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst @@ -120,7 +120,32 @@ Status of a patch can be checked by looking at the main patchwork https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/netdevbpf/list/ The "State" field will tell you exactly where things are at with your -patch. Patches are indexed by the ``Message-ID`` header of the emails +patch: + +================== ============================================================= +Patch state Description +================== ============================================================= +New, Under review pending review, patch is in the maintainer’s queue for review +Accepted patch was applied to the appropriate networking tree, this is + usually set automatically by the pw-bot +Needs ACK waiting for an ack from an area maintainer or testing +Changes requested patch has not passed the review, new revision is expected + with appropriate code and commit message changes +Rejected patch has been rejected and new revision is not expected +Not applicable patch is expected to be applied outside of the networking + subsystem +Awaiting upstream patch should be reviewed and handled by appropriate + sub-maintainer, who will send it on to the networking trees +Deferred patch needs to be reposted later, usually due to dependency + or because it was posted for a closed tree +Superseded new version of the patch was posted, usually set by the + pw-bot +RFC not to be applied, usually not in maintainer’s review queue, + pw-bot can automatically set patches to this state based + on subject tags +================== ============================================================= + +Patches are indexed by the ``Message-ID`` header of the emails which carried them so if you have trouble finding your patch append the value of ``Message-ID`` to the URL above. -- 2.41.0
