From nobody Sun Jun 14 20:02:16 2026 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-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-CM-TRANSID: _____wC3XE2Xq9JpGzpdDQ--.52794S2 X-Coremail-Antispam: 1Uf129KBjvJXoW7tF1kJF1xtF4kKFWrGFW3Wrg_yoW8GryUpa 1rWF13K3WrGF1UCFyxW3WxZFyF9FW7CayDJF4qg34IvF98Xr1I9r93Kr4Y9F97W3Wruay2 qrZIvryrCF13A3DanT9S1TB71UUUUU7qnTZGkaVYY2UrUUUUjbIjqfuFe4nvWSU5nxnvy2 9KBjDUYxBIdaVFxhVjvjDU0xZFpf9x0pRl1vcUUUUU= X-CM-SenderInfo: pfuht3jhqyimi6rwjhhfrp/xtbC5wYjXGnSq6YgewAA3z Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 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/p= rocess/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 prov= ided. Similarly, a key user may not have carried out a technical review of the patch, yet they ma= y be satisfied with the general approach, the feature or the user-facing interf= ace. =20 -Acked-by: does not necessarily indicate acknowledgement of the entire patc= h. +Acked-by: does not necessarily indicate acknowledgment of the entire patch. For example, if a patch affects multiple subsystems and has an Acked-by: f= rom -one subsystem maintainer then this usually indicates acknowledgement of ju= st +one subsystem maintainer then this usually indicates acknowledgment of just the part which affects that maintainer's code. Judgement should be used h= ere. 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. --=20 2.39.5 (Apple Git-154)