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| author | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2010-05-07 11:29:25 +1000 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2010-05-07 11:29:25 +1000 |
| commit | 1ed31d6db90d51010545921e59d369d2f92b7ac2 (patch) | |
| tree | 358a0b346bc8135cd5e53700eb44308b1a7c8c5b /Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | |
| parent | ceba1abcb00b0ef0b1efcd715285f6e05523edef (diff) | |
| parent | 722154e4cacf015161efe60009ae9be23d492296 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index 5effa5bd993..e213f45cf9d 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -18,16 +18,15 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, whitespace cleanups, etc). - 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. + - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream). Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to - stable@kernel.org. - - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the - the tag + stable@kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the changelog + of your submission. + - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag Cc: stable@kernel.org in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author |