RE: [RFC PATCH v4 02/24] Update linux-header per VFIO device cdev v14

[Duan, Zhenzhong]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 5:36 PM
>Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH v4 02/24] Update linux-header per VFIO device cdev
>v14
>
>On Wed, Jul 12 2023, "Duan, Zhenzhong" <zhenzhong.duan@intel.com>
>wrote:
>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 3:49 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 02/24] Update linux-header per VFIO device
>cdev
>>>v14
>>>
>>>On Wed, Jul 12 2023, Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@intel.com>
>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>  linux-headers/linux/iommufd.h | 347
>>>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>  linux-headers/linux/kvm.h     |  13 +-
>>>>  linux-headers/linux/vfio.h    | 142 +++++++++++++-
>>>>  3 files changed, 498 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>>>  create mode 100644 linux-headers/linux/iommufd.h
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>if this patch is intending to pull code that is not yet integrated in
>>>the Linux kernel, please mark this as a placeholder patch. If the code
>>>is already integrated, please run a full headers update against a
>>>released version (can be -rc) and note that version in the patch
>>>description.
>> Thanks for point out, will do in next post.
>> About "placeholder patch", should I claim it is placeholder in patch
>> subject or description field, or there is official step to do that?
>
>Just put a notice into the subject and/or the patch description; the
>main idea is to prevent a maintainer from applying it by accident.
Clear.

Thanks
Zhenzhong