+ docs-submitting-patches-make-lkml-a-list-of-last-resort-again.patch added to mm-nonmm-hotfixes-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: docs: submitting-patches: make LKML a list of last resort again
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-hotfixes-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     docs-submitting-patches-make-lkml-a-list-of-last-resort-again.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/docs-submitting-patches-make-lkml-a-list-of-last-resort-again.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-hotfixes-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

Before you just go and hit "reply", please:
   a) Consider who else should be cc'ed
   b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well
   c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a
      reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's

*** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code ***

The -mm tree is included into linux-next via various
branches at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
and is updated there most days

------------------------------------------------------
From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: docs: submitting-patches: make LKML a list of last resort again
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 18:02:46 -0500

Commit 77167b966b7e ("docs: submitting-patches: clarify the role of LKML")
changed the documentation to say that all patches should be sent to LKML
by default, because get_maintainer.pl always suggested it.

Now that get_maintainer.pl only falls back to THE REST when no other
matching section provides a mailing list, update the documentation to
match: send patches to the subsystem-specific list, and use LKML only when
there isn't one.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20261113-get-maintainer-the-rest-fallback-v3-2-36ee5a3e8d13@linuxfoundation.org
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Suggested-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@vaga.pv.it>
Cc: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
Cc: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@kernel.org>
Cc: Avadhut Naik <avadhut.naik@amd.com>
Cc: Alex Shi <alexs@kernel.org>
Cc: Yanteng Si <si.yanteng@linux.dev>
Cc: Dongliang Mu <dzm91@hust.edu.cn>
Cc: Chen-Yu Yeh <chenyou910331@gmail.com>
Cc: Weijie Yuan <wy@wyuan.org>
Cc: <users@kernel.org>

 Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst~docs-submitting-patches-make-lkml-a-list-of-last-resort-again
+++ a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -239,9 +239,12 @@ patches as arguments to scripts/get_main
 maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew Morton
 (akpm@linux-foundation.org) serves as a maintainer of last resort.
 
-linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org should be used by default for all patches, but the
-volume on that list has caused a number of developers to tune it out.  Please
-do not spam unrelated lists and unrelated people, though.
+You should also normally choose at least one mailing list to receive a copy of
+your patch set.  Look in the MAINTAINERS file for a subsystem-specific list;
+your patch will probably get more attention there.
+linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org functions as a list of last resort for patches
+that do not have a subsystem-specific list.  Please do not spam unrelated lists
+and unrelated people, though.
 
 Many kernel-related lists are hosted at kernel.org; you can find a list
 of them at https://subspace.kernel.org.  There are kernel-related lists
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from konstantin@linuxfoundation.org are

get_maintainer-only-use-the-rest-as-a-fallback.patch
docs-submitting-patches-make-lkml-a-list-of-last-resort-again.patch