Subject: [PATCH net 3/3] docs: netdev: add a cheat sheet for the rules

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 10:46:07 -0700

Summarize the rules we see broken most often and which may
be less familiar to kernel devs who are used to working outside
of netdev.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
---
 Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
index 7fb5100d195d..e57eb5bd3692 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
 netdev FAQ
 ==========
 
+tl;dr
+-----
+
+ - designate your patch to a tree - ``[PATCH net]`` or ``[PATCH net-next]``
+ - for fixes the ``Fixes:`` tag is required, regardless of the tree
+ - don't post large series (> 15 patches), break them up
+ - don't repost your patches within one 24h period
+ - reverse xmas tree
+
 What is netdev?
 ---------------
 It is a mailing list for all network-related Linux stuff.  This
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