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| author | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2010-05-06 04:56:07 +0400 |
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| committer | James Morris <jmorris@namei.org> | 2010-05-06 04:56:07 +0400 |
| commit | 0ffbe2699cda6afbe08501098dff8a8c2fe6ae09 (patch) | |
| tree | 81b1a2305d16c873371b65c5a863c0268036cefe /Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | |
| parent | 4e5d6f7ec3833c0da9cf34fa5c53c6058c5908b6 (diff) | |
| parent | 7ebd467551ed6ae200d7835a84bbda0dcadaa511 (diff) | |
| download | linux-0ffbe2699cda6afbe08501098dff8a8c2fe6ae09.tar.xz | |
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diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index 5effa5bd993b..e213f45cf9d7 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 |