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| author | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2008-02-08 23:26:02 +0100 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2008-02-21 15:27:07 -0800 |
| commit | 46cdf871d9970b9252469531f9efd4a17243bb0b (patch) | |
| tree | 7817752ebc2aae6c9d264b0a42563d0c4fe0e386 /Documentation | |
| parent | 2952755ce364b81f904b49397f6b0004dead2c9f (diff) | |
| download | linux-46cdf871d9970b9252469531f9efd4a17243bb0b.tar.bz2 | |
stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline
stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index c815c5206e84..4cfc78835bc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the race can be exploited is also provided. - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, whitespace cleanups, etc). - - It must be accepted by the relevant subsystem maintainer. - It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules. + - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree. Quote the + respective commit ID in Linus' tree in your patch submission to -stable. Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: @@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: queue, or a NAK if the patch is rejected. This response might take a few days, according to the developer's schedules. - If accepted, the patch will be added to the -stable queue, for review by - other developers. + other developers and by the relevant subsystem maintainer. + - If the stable@kernel.org address is added to a patch, when it goes into + Linus's tree it will automatically be emailed to the stable team. - Security patches should not be sent to this alias, but instead to the documented security@kernel.org address. |