From fbaa838f83e519378358295fba2e10ceb4888976 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Richter Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 23:26:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] --- yaml --- r: 86096 b: refs/heads/master c: 46cdf871d9970b9252469531f9efd4a17243bb0b h: refs/heads/master v: v3 --- [refs] | 2 +- trunk/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs] index c94605229918..36dfc65429bb 100644 --- a/[refs] +++ b/[refs] @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ --- -refs/heads/master: 2952755ce364b81f904b49397f6b0004dead2c9f +refs/heads/master: 46cdf871d9970b9252469531f9efd4a17243bb0b diff --git a/trunk/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/trunk/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index c815c5206e84..4cfc78835bc1 100644 --- a/trunk/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/trunk/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.