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@@ -80,3 +80,7 @@ kernel patches.
23: Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure
that it still works with all of the other queued patches and various
changes in the VM, VFS, and other subsystems.
+
+24: Avoid whitespace damage such as indenting with spaces or whitespace
+ at the end of lines. You can test this by feeding the patch to
+ "git apply --check --whitespace=error-all"
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