[PATCH 2/2] docs: process: maintainer-soc-clean-dts: linux-next is decisive

Krzysztof Kozlowski
2025-02-25T18:48:29Z

Devicetree bindings patches go usually via driver subsystem tree, so
obviously testing only SoC branches would result in new dtbs_check
warnings. Mention that linux-next branch is decisice for zero-warnings
rule.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
---
Documentation/process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst
index 1b32430d0cfc..5423fb7d6047 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-soc-clean-dts.rst
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ Strict DTS DT Schema and dtc Compliance
No changes to the SoC platform Devicetree sources (DTS files) should introduce
new ``make dtbs_check W=1`` warnings. Warnings in a new board DTS, which are
results of issues in an included DTSI file, are considered existing, not new
-warnings. The platform maintainers have automation in place which should point
-out any new warnings.
+warnings. For series split between different trees (DT bindings go via driver
+subsystem tree), warnings on linux-next are decisive. The platform maintainers
+have automation in place which should point out any new warnings.

If a commit introducing new warnings gets accepted somehow, the resulting
issues shall be fixed in reasonable time (e.g. within one release) or the
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