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| author | Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> | 2010-04-01 22:01:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> | 2010-04-22 15:24:56 -0700 |
| commit | 959fb1c5075c2dcdbe879e6dafbc59eb1e1192d6 (patch) | |
| tree | 53baacfa60774714d0169988bc6128bf7236e2ff /Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | |
| parent | c81eddb0e3728661d1585fbc564449c94165cc36 (diff) | |
Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement reworded
It is a hard requirement to include the upstream commit ID in the
changelog of a -stable submission, not just a courtesy to the stable
team. This concerns only mail submission though, which is no longer
the only way into stable. (Also, fix a double "the".)
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
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 |