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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
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On Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 08:37:59PM +0700, Ammar Faizi wrote:
> > Also, I'd advise going over Documentation/process/ if you're new to this.
> > Especially Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst.
> I might've missed the benchmark backup part. Will review those documents again.

The "Describe your changes" section in the abovementioned file has some
good explanations on what to pay attention to.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette