Re: [PATCH net-next v2] misc: Add Renesas Synchronization Management Unit (SMU) support

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 07:50:49PM +0000, Min Li wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, that line.
> > 
> > The documentation should tell you how to do that, as per my patch bot:
> > 
> > - This looks like a new version of a previously submitted patch, but you
> >   did not list below the --- line any changes from the previous version.
> >   Please read the section entitled "The canonical patch format" in the
> >   kernel file, Documentation/SubmittingPatches for what needs to be done
> >   here to properly describe this.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> 
> Hi Greg
> 
> I read documentation. Am I supposed to add the "---" marker line manually by myself when doing "git commit --amend"? git commit will
> always add a "---" marker line before the actual change like below
> 
> Signed-off-by: Min Li <min.li.xe@renesas.com>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> -Provide more background for purpose of the change.
> -Provide compat_ioctl support
> -Fix ioctl cmd definition
> ---
>  drivers/misc/Kconfig      |  13 ++
>  drivers/misc/Makefile     |   3 +

You add the text after you have created the patch with 'git
format-patch' by editing the text file before sending it off to us.  You
don't add it to the changelog comment itself.

hope this helps,

greg k-h