On Tue, 9 Sept 2025 at 10:56, Alexei Starovoitov
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It doesn't work reliably. Often enough maintainers massage the patch
> a bit while applying to fix minor nits and patch-id will be different.
Honestly, if you massage a patch you should probably mention it.
THAT is the kind of thing where it actually makes sense to say
"modified version of XYZ" and pointing to the original.
Look, at that point it's actually *IMPORTANT* to explicitly state that
you didn't actually apply the original patch.
This falls clearly under the "don't add links mindlessly, do it
mindfully" heading.
Linus
