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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-06 21:03:53 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-06 21:03:53 -0700 |
| commit | 158c12948f3012fbe15f066f308db23502d3db0a (patch) | |
| tree | 7ff4843e1818ebf4a3d0877a3db8756327719fa2 /Documentation/SubmittingPatches | |
| parent | 172bfe09dc52aef29f9c5c0bd9f77a558120faf4 (diff) | |
| parent | 51a7097426f2243e192df4979c2bf197e6f2ce61 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial
Pull trivial tree changes from Jiri Kosina:
"Summer edition of trivial tree updates"
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial: (23 commits)
doc: fix two typos in watchdog-api.txt
irq-gic: remove file name from heading comment
MAINTAINERS: Add miscdevice.h to file list for char/misc drivers.
scsi: mvsas: mv_sas.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference
doc: replace "practise" with "practice" in Documentation
befs: remove check for CONFIG_BEFS_RW
scsi: doc: fix 'SCSI_NCR_SETUP_MASTER_PARITY'
drivers/usb/phy/phy.c: remove a leading space
mfd: fix comment
cpuidle: fix comment
doc: hpfall.c: fix missing null-terminate after strncpy call
usb: doc: hotplug.txt code typos
kbuild: fix comment in Makefile.modinst
SH: add proper prompt to SH_MAGIC_PANEL_R2_VERSION
ARM: msm: Remove MSM_SCM
crypto: Remove MPILIB_EXTRA
doc: CN: remove dead link, kerneltrap.org no longer works
media: update reference, kerneltrap.org no longer works
hexagon: update reference, kerneltrap.org no longer works
doc: LSM: update reference, kerneltrap.org no longer works
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/SubmittingPatches')
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1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 7e9abb8..dcadffc 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -396,13 +396,13 @@ you are responsible for last-minute changes. Example : [lucky@maintainer.example.org: struct foo moved from foo.c to foo.h] Signed-off-by: Lucky K Maintainer <lucky@maintainer.example.org> -This practise is particularly helpful if you maintain a stable branch and +This practice is particularly helpful if you maintain a stable branch and want at the same time to credit the author, track changes, merge the fix, and protect the submitter from complaints. Note that under no circumstances can you change the author's identity (the From header), as it is the one which appears in the changelog. -Special note to back-porters: It seems to be a common and useful practise +Special note to back-porters: It seems to be a common and useful practice to insert an indication of the origin of a patch at the top of the commit message (just after the subject line) to facilitate tracking. For instance, here's what we see in 2.6-stable : |
