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diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index bf5ead743ccf..a1cb6280fbcf 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -227,9 +227,10 @@ Select the recipients for your patch You should always copy the appropriate subsystem maintainer(s) on any patch to code that they maintain; look through the MAINTAINERS file and the source code revision history to see who those maintainers are. The -script scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step. If you -cannot find a maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew -Morton (akpm@linux-foundation.org) serves as a maintainer of last resort. +script scripts/get_maintainer.pl can be very useful at this step (pass paths to +your patches as arguments to scripts/get_maintainer.pl). If you cannot find a +maintainer for the subsystem you are working on, Andrew Morton +(akpm@linux-foundation.org) serves as a maintainer of last resort. You should also normally choose at least one mailing list to receive a copy of your patch set. linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org should be used by default |