[RFC 2/4] Documentation/SubmitChecklist: Remind submitters to check the merge window

[Kevin Cernekee]

Currently the checklist does not provide an indication of appropriate
times to send patches; add a brief note on the topic.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
index 2b7e32d..8b23f9c 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
+++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -107,3 +107,8 @@ kernel patches.
     CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_SYSFS, CONFIG_PROC_FS, CONFIG_INPUT, CONFIG_PCI,
     CONFIG_BLOCK, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ,
     CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_INET=n (but latter with CONFIG_NET=y)
+
+27: For patches which are not urgent fixes for bugs in the current tree,
+    double-check https://www.kernel.org/ to make sure the merge window is
+    CLOSED ("mainline:" showing an -rc kernel) before sending.  For more
+    information on the release cycle, see Documentation/development-process/.
-- 
2.1.1

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