Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] docs: submitting-patches: make LKML a list of last resort again

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 11:35:26AM -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> Commit 77167b966b7e ("docs: submitting-patches: clarify the role of
> LKML") changed the documentation to say that all patches should be sent
> to LKML by default, because get_maintainer.pl always suggested it.
> 
> Now that get_maintainer.pl only falls back to THE REST when no other
> matching section provides a mailing list, update the documentation to
> match: send patches to the subsystem-specific list, and use LKML only
> when there isn't one.
> 
> Suggested-by: Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 9 ++++++---
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>