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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-05-12 00:05:35 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-05-12 00:05:35 -0700 |
| commit | 278554bd6579206921f5d8a523649a7a57f8850d (patch) | |
| tree | 4e6c527daf0910e455b3aa72e2c96b0479e430be /Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | |
| parent | 5a147e8bf982f9dd414c1dd751fe02c1942506b2 (diff) | |
| parent | cea0d767c29669bf89f86e4aee46ef462d2ebae8 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ar9170/usb.c
drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
net/ipv4/ipmr.c
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 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 |