docs: netdev: offer performance feedback to contributors

Some of us gotten used to producing large quantities of peer feedback
at work, every 3 or 6 months. Extending the same courtesy to community
members seems like a logical step. It may be hard for some folks to
get validation of how important their work is internally, especially
at smaller companies which don't employ many kernel experts.

The concept of "peer feedback" may be a hyperscaler / silicon valley
thing so YMMV. Hopefully we can build more context as we go.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
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@@ -319,3 +319,13 @@ unpatched tree to confirm infrastructure didn't mangle it.
 Finally, go back and read
 :ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst <submittingpatches>`
 to be sure you are not repeating some common mistake documented there.
+
+My company uses peer feedback in employee performance reviews. Can I ask netdev maintainers for feedback?
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+
+Yes, especially if you spend significant amount of time reviewing code
+and go out of your way to improve shared infrastructure.
+
+The feedback must be requested by you, the contributor, and will always
+be shared with you (even if you request for it to be submitted to your
+manager).