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Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:04:41 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
	workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: netdev: refine 15-patch limit
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On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 05:34:54PM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:47:15 +0000 Simon Horman wrote:
> > +Limit patches outstanding on mailing list
> > +-----------------------------------------
> > +
> > +Avoid having more than 15 patches, across all series, outstanding for
> > +review on the mailing list. This limit is intended to focus developer
> > +effort on testing patches before upstream review. Aiding the quality of
> > +upstream submissions, and easing the load on reviewers.
> 
> Thanks for adding this.
> 
> In practice I think the limit is also per tree (net vs net-next)
> to avoid head of line blocking fixes.

Thanks Jakub,

In v2 I'll update the wording to state that the limit is per-tree.