From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 806C134D4CB; Mon, 6 Apr 2026 17:54:00 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775498040; cv=none; b=Ghz/kCZMyNom7GiXq3Rv0qpv3YTdQUDNuUH0JkTrJOJXQ24JOdikHpbR93cGGbu/AKKtqd3anRcStzsYq7qThFmJTHBpDPuQwsZWavcnO/u11LzF3K8nY+M5Ir707hjl0GMI3EQ7d9TRGVXcZT6cv+pO7owon1t29DOnn7f4yLQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775498040; c=relaxed/simple; bh=zA7m5oU/NJ9fvMR5m4o7q8dH3dg40qu1Vl8apDvy+9c=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=FQ6jJGD0w7iomrf788MOVwr4vAd6mmnu9LqEmRi8cKlt6FSw35UMmModH6y25KK+ZUUPz/PG5uakquO1nfO0pvQLIiC/3vOzeUGXTPSgndFd1QFWcS82sb1lwZoRDrIe8oIwZuLyobL/MscGfwae58XQ0Y3dQavPUJaijUjOfZ0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=Zg53ftYm; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="Zg53ftYm" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4DB60C4CEF7; Mon, 6 Apr 2026 17:53:58 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1775498040; bh=zA7m5oU/NJ9fvMR5m4o7q8dH3dg40qu1Vl8apDvy+9c=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=Zg53ftYm1m9TBCK/i3/x6URlGV1KX4r7JNOjam34i51Cm3FxoWWcEGs1LJuuEqazW 2+lBnE8yC1JwudMhvdzMcK6kevgqNGpZwGOKAHk6yTAEecLO4LGuc50AD/VJr8OGLK 9sqIyKfv/ZrZMEtL/w4lSg0pMcPsCKKK+FyGmZoqHcGOko69/8G9edpzhK/kzbBCIP BXAhMFs8VxGM12sHqkx3UDS5+QjfjvOGTq7DPyQkmvaBXhPq6I8vwVAJogthmaz9+Z vfj1vOuaS/Rm5IlptE/TMJ8XX/X6PuClkdkK4Db1LjJq+oKgZB0huF7WYYyxxLKpO4 YLcEyUZcm5hTQ== From: Jakub Kicinski To: davem@davemloft.net Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, edumazet@google.com, pabeni@redhat.com, andrew+netdev@lunn.ch, horms@kernel.org, Jakub Kicinski , corbet@lwn.net, skhan@linuxfoundation.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH net-next] docs: netdev: improve wording of reviewer guidance Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 10:53:34 -0700 Message-ID: <20260406175334.3153451-1-kuba@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Reword the reviewer guidance based on behavior we see on the list. Steer folks: - towards sending tags - away from process issues. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski --- CC: corbet@lwn.net CC: skhan@linuxfoundation.org CC: workflows@vger.kernel.org CC: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org --- Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst index 3aa13bc2405d..bda93b459a05 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst @@ -551,10 +551,12 @@ helpful tips please see :ref:`development_advancedtopics_reviews`. It's safe to assume that netdev maintainers know the community and the level of expertise of the reviewers. The reviewers should not be concerned about -their comments impeding or derailing the patch flow. +their comments impeding or derailing the patch flow. A Reviewed-by tag +is understood to mean "I have reviewed this code to the best of my ability" +rather than "I can attest this code is correct". -Less experienced reviewers are highly encouraged to do more in-depth -review of submissions and not focus exclusively on trivial or subjective +Reviewers are highly encouraged to do more in-depth review of submissions +and not focus exclusively on process issues, trivial or subjective matters like code formatting, tags etc. Testimonials / feedback -- 2.53.0