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Commit 46cdf871 authored by Stefan Richter's avatar Stefan Richter Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline 



stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline

Signed-off-by: default avatarStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
parent 2952755c

Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt

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@@ -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.