From stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Fri Feb 8 14:27:15 2008 From: Stefan Richter Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 23:26:02 +0100 (CET) Subject: stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline To: Greg KH Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: Content-Disposition: INLINE From: Stefan Richter stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accept 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 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.