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git cherry-pick fd21073
git cherry-pick <this commit>
+ Note that for a patch series, you do not have to list as prerequisites the
+ patches present in the series itself. For example, if you have the following
+ patch series:
+
+ .. code-block:: none
+
+ patch1
+ patch2
+
+ where patch2 depends on patch1, you do not have to list patch1 as
+ prerequisite of patch2 if you have already marked patch1 for stable
+ inclusion.
+
* For patches that may have kernel version prerequisites specify them using
the following format in the sign-off area: