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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2017-09-29 12:24:10 +0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>2017-09-29 12:24:10 +0300
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Merge tag 'v4.14-rc2' into patchwork
Linux 4.14-rc2 * tag 'v4.14-rc2': (12066 commits) Linux 4.14-rc2 tpm: ibmvtpm: simplify crq initialization and document crq format tpm: replace msleep() with usleep_range() in TPM 1.2/2.0 generic drivers Documentation: tpm: add powered-while-suspended binding documentation tpm: tpm_crb: constify acpi_device_id. tpm: vtpm: constify vio_device_id security: fix description of values returned by cap_inode_need_killpriv x86/asm: Fix inline asm call constraints for Clang objtool: Handle another GCC stack pointer adjustment bug inet: fix improper empty comparison net: use inet6_rcv_saddr to compare sockets net: set tb->fast_sk_family net: orphan frags on stand-alone ptype in dev_queue_xmit_nit MAINTAINERS: update git tree locations for ieee802154 subsystem SMB3: Don't ignore O_SYNC/O_DSYNC and O_DIRECT flags SMB3: handle new statx fields arch: remove unused *_segments() macros/functions parisc: Unbreak bootloader due to gcc-7 optimizations parisc: Reintroduce option to gzip-compress the kernel apparmor: fix apparmorfs DAC access permissions ...
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@@ -111,6 +111,14 @@ A: Generally speaking, the patches get triaged quickly (in less than 48h).
patch is a good way to ensure your patch is ignored or pushed to
the bottom of the priority list.
+Q: I submitted multiple versions of the patch series, should I directly update
+ patchwork for the previous versions of these patch series?
+
+A: No, please don't interfere with the patch status on patchwork, leave it to
+ the maintainer to figure out what is the most recent and current version that
+ should be applied. If there is any doubt, the maintainer will reply and ask
+ what should be done.
+
Q: How can I tell what patches are queued up for backporting to the
various stable releases?