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docs: fix typos and whitespace in Documentation/process/backporting.rst

- Fix repeated word "when" in backporting documentation
- Remove trailing whitespace after '$' character

These issues were reported by checkpatch.pl. No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Abhinav Saxena <xandfury@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241107061911.106040-1-xandfury@gmail.com

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Documentation/process/backporting.rst
··· 553 553 ============================== 554 554 555 555 As the stable maintainers try to cherry-pick mainline fixes onto their 556 - stable kernels, they may send out emails asking for backports when when 556 + stable kernels, they may send out emails asking for backports when 557 557 encountering conflicts, see e.g. 558 558 <https://lore.kernel.org/stable/2023101528-jawed-shelving-071a@gregkh/>. 559 559 These emails typically include the exact steps you need to cherry-pick ··· 563 563 format:: 564 564 565 565 <original patch title> 566 - 566 + 567 567 [ Upstream commit <mainline rev> ] 568 - 568 + 569 569 <rest of the original changelog> 570 570 [ <summary of the conflicts and their resolutions> ] 571 571 Signed-off-by: <your name and email>