```
#### OpenZFS Patch Ports
-If you are porting an OpenZFS patch, the commit message must meet
+If you are porting OpenZFS patches, the commit message must meet
the following guidelines:
-* The first line must be the summary line from the OpenZFS commit.
-It must begin with `OpenZFS dddd - ` where `dddd` is the OpenZFS issue number.
-* Provides a `Authored by:` line to attribute the patch to the original author.
-* Provides the `Reviewed by:` and `Approved by:` lines from the original
+* The first line must be the summary line from the most important OpenZFS commit being ported.
+It must begin with `OpenZFS dddd, dddd - ` where `dddd` are OpenZFS issue numbers.
+* Provides a `Authored by:` line to attribute each patch for each original author.
+* Provides the `Reviewed by:` and `Approved by:` lines from each original
OpenZFS commit.
* Provides a `Ported-by:` line with the developer's name followed by
-their email.
-* Provides a `OpenZFS-issue:` line which is a link to the original illumos
+their email for each OpenZFS commit.
+* Provides a `OpenZFS-issue:` line with link for each original illumos
issue.
-* Provides a `OpenZFS-commit:` line which links back to the original OpenZFS
-commit.
+* Provides a `OpenZFS-commit:` line with link for each original OpenZFS commit.
* If necessary, provide some porting notes to describe any deviations from
-the original OpenZFS commit.
+the original OpenZFS commits.
-An example OpenZFS patch port commit message is provided below.
+An example OpenZFS patch port commit message for a single patch is provided
+below.
```
OpenZFS 1234 - Summary from the original OpenZFS commit
OpenZFS-commit: https://github.com/openzfs/openzfs/commit/abcd1234
```
+If necessary, multiple OpenZFS patches can be combined in a single port.
+This is useful when you are porting a new patch and its subsequent bug
+fixes. An example commit message is provided below.
+```
+OpenZFS 1234, 5678 - Summary of most important OpenZFS commit
+
+1234 Summary from original OpenZFS commit for 1234
+
+Authored by: Original Author <original@email.com>
+Reviewed by: Reviewer Two <reviewer2@email.com>
+Approved by: Approver One <approver1@email.com>
+Ported-by: ZFS Contributor <contributor@email.com>
+
+Provide some porting notes here for 1234 if necessary.
+
+OpenZFS-issue: https://www.illumos.org/issues/1234
+OpenZFS-commit: https://github.com/openzfs/openzfs/commit/abcd1234
+
+5678 Summary from original OpenZFS commit for 5678
+
+Authored by: Original Author2 <original2@email.com>
+Reviewed by: Reviewer One <reviewer1@email.com>
+Approved by: Approver Two <approver2@email.com>
+Ported-by: ZFS Contributor <contributor@email.com>
+
+Provide some porting notes here for 5678 if necessary.
+
+OpenZFS-issue: https://www.illumos.org/issues/5678
+OpenZFS-commit: https://github.com/openzfs/openzfs/commit/efgh5678
+```
+
#### Coverity Defect Fixes
If you are submitting a fix to a
[Coverity defect](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/zfsonlinux-zfs),