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diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 6b3aaed66fba..31ea120ce531 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -271,25 +271,6 @@ least a notification of the change, so that some information makes its way into the manual pages. User-space API changes should also be copied to linux-api@vger.kernel.org. -For small patches you may want to CC the Trivial Patch Monkey -trivial@kernel.org which collects "trivial" patches. Have a look -into the MAINTAINERS file for its current manager. - -Trivial patches must qualify for one of the following rules: - -- Spelling fixes in documentation -- Spelling fixes for errors which could break :manpage:`grep(1)` -- Warning fixes (cluttering with useless warnings is bad) -- Compilation fixes (only if they are actually correct) -- Runtime fixes (only if they actually fix things) -- Removing use of deprecated functions/macros -- Contact detail and documentation fixes -- Non-portable code replaced by portable code (even in arch-specific, - since people copy, as long as it's trivial) -- Any fix by the author/maintainer of the file (ie. patch monkey - in re-transmission mode) - - No MIME, no links, no compression, no attachments. Just plain text ------------------------------------------------------------------- |