Documentation/process: mention patch changelog in review process

Extend the "Respond to review comments" section of "Submitting patches"
with reference to patch changelogs.

Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -318,7 +318,10 @@ understands what is going on.
Be sure to tell the reviewers what changes you are making and to thank them
for their time. Code review is a tiring and time-consuming process, and
reviewers sometimes get grumpy. Even in that case, though, respond
politely and address the problems they have pointed out.
politely and address the problems they have pointed out. When sending a next
version, add a ``patch changelog`` to the cover letter or to individual patches
explaining difference aganst previous submission (see
:ref:`the_canonical_patch_format`).
See Documentation/process/email-clients.rst for recommendations on email
clients and mailing list etiquette.