From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from m16.mail.163.com (m16.mail.163.com [117.135.210.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 675472744F; Sun, 5 Apr 2026 18:36:46 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=117.135.210.2 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775414210; cv=none; b=lhBDK2oSCDsthe/o97T3kVLFVlmWu856JKIDoU3aQ5LF+COB7FiJWm/pD6FAC6NhfdqVAWrR41+Itarr0vJJ13kgUi+UPKOrs9SCy/DQOVDgC3Q7dXBd19rAKr9YQUAsLgJI/1T4xmPFq1AZsbkVs9S2vsi6wp1NkhrVPWC1tPo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775414210; c=relaxed/simple; bh=WaU+kb1NvlvM1zESE6fif2WYWMfA5XtkQfRZIg8o1bY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-Id:MIME-Version; b=OJtnFPZ8kWrgCsw7RH0wIKsqSzxsTSjid9Y4HdGMEeuzn0wnayQ5BQveVoQaDhK+UQggn+hPPf0dqokcpG6SoR39XmByQbG2grgkx4UVqJ/Z7KUoS1rlgLd4YpfInV3axeiHF2+ZxP1CmZAtRiSqZP6hSg4EzQQQqvSX6eRCta8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=163.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=163.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=163.com header.i=@163.com header.b=gKq3ME5V; arc=none smtp.client-ip=117.135.210.2 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=163.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=163.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=163.com header.i=@163.com header.b="gKq3ME5V" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=163.com; s=s110527; h=From:To:Subject:Date:Message-Id:MIME-Version; bh=Uc +Tv1KaPpiHbrR9LuW7jD3RLTTSHC6rSMkK3AiTwlE=; b=gKq3ME5VYTALCZXgOh po3z9U9Rb3wyOnpBslZR6+2pAmjsU4HFOmSVtpVMrJl+vcnLizSWA3ICM/K2GMWf GKksygXT9irdUbMvRDTKFOIa6EPcaNCcs7sE/zIGixuGArOC5QMQElhdGHkS5thK rvce+Coo4GAkQNj8ZhkfLygeg= Received: from localhost.localdomain (unknown []) by gzga-smtp-mtada-g1-1 (Coremail) with SMTP id _____wC3XE2Xq9JpGzpdDQ--.52794S2; Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:36:22 +0800 (CST) From: CaoRuichuang To: corbet@lwn.net Cc: skhan@linuxfoundation.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, CaoRuichuang Subject: [PATCH] docs: use acknowledgment in submitting-patches Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 02:36:02 +0800 Message-Id: <20260405183602.73797-1-create0818@163.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CM-TRANSID:_____wC3XE2Xq9JpGzpdDQ--.52794S2 X-Coremail-Antispam: 1Uf129KBjvJXoW7tF1kJF1xtF4kKFWrGFW3Wrg_yoW8GryUpa 1rWF13K3WrGF1UCFyxW3WxZFyF9FW7CayDJF4qg34IvF98Xr1I9r93Kr4Y9F97W3Wruay2 qrZIvryrCF13A3DanT9S1TB71UUUUU7qnTZGkaVYY2UrUUUUjbIjqfuFe4nvWSU5nxnvy2 9KBjDUYxBIdaVFxhVjvjDU0xZFpf9x0pRl1vcUUUUU= X-CM-SenderInfo: pfuht3jhqyimi6rwjhhfrp/xtbC5wYjXGnSq6YgewAA3z Signed-off-by: CaoRuichuang --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index e69d19a..5c44be9 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -486,9 +486,9 @@ reviewed it as thoroughly as if a Reviewed-by: was provided. Similarly, a key user may not have carried out a technical review of the patch, yet they may be satisfied with the general approach, the feature or the user-facing interface. -Acked-by: does not necessarily indicate acknowledgement of the entire patch. +Acked-by: does not necessarily indicate acknowledgment of the entire patch. For example, if a patch affects multiple subsystems and has an Acked-by: from -one subsystem maintainer then this usually indicates acknowledgement of just +one subsystem maintainer then this usually indicates acknowledgment of just the part which affects that maintainer's code. Judgement should be used here. When in doubt people should refer to the original discussion in the mailing list archives. A "# Suffix" may also be used in this case to clarify. -- 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)