From: Randy Dunlap It seems that we need to clarify that a patch series is a series of related patches rather than "here are some of my patches as multiple (numbered) emails." Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN Documentation/SubmittingPatches~doc-what-a-patch-series-is Documentation/SubmittingPatches --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches~doc-what-a-patch-series-is +++ a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -363,7 +363,8 @@ area or subsystem of the kernel is being The "summary phrase" in the email's Subject should concisely describe the patch which that email contains. The "summary phrase" should not be a filename. Do not use the same "summary -phrase" for every patch in a whole patch series. +phrase" for every patch in a whole patch series (where a "patch +series" is an ordered sequence of multiple, related patches). Bear in mind that the "summary phrase" of your email becomes a globally-unique identifier for that patch. It propagates _