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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-10-03 19:35:11 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-10-03 19:35:11 -0400
commit708e16892e1646594a29eaa7ac7b209b600b9fd2 (patch)
treefe7c31bc0edef84eb1075c7e195340047d6aaa17 /Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
parentf3c87a8999c28f2948ebd407574f7e9fb5c577b2 (diff)
parenta847825970e741e20a09c659978baa34016b63bc (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bunk/trivial: (39 commits) Add missing maintainer countries in CREDITS Fix bytes <-> kilobytes typo in Kconfig for ramdisk fix a typo in Documentation/pi-futex.txt BUG_ON conversion for fs/xfs/ BUG_ON() conversion in fs/nfsd/ BUG_ON conversion for fs/reiserfs BUG_ON cleanups in arch/i386 BUG_ON cleanup in drivers/net/tokenring/ BUG_ON cleanup for drivers/md/ kerneldoc-typo in led-class.c debugfs: spelling fix rcutorture: Fix incorrect description of default for nreaders parameter parport: Remove space in function calls Michal Wronski: update contact info Spelling fix: "control" instead of "cotrol" reboot parameter in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt Fix copy&waste bug in comment in scripts/kernel-doc remove duplicate "until" from kernel/workqueue.c ite_gpio fix tabbage fix file specification in comments ... Fixed trivial path conflicts due to removed files: arch/mips/dec/boot/decstation.c, drivers/char/ite_gpio.c
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
4"-stable" tree: 4"-stable" tree:
5 5
6 - It must be obviously correct and tested. 6 - It must be obviously correct and tested.
7 - It can not be bigger than 100 lines, with context. 7 - It cannot be bigger than 100 lines, with context.
8 - It must fix only one thing. 8 - It must fix only one thing.
9 - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a 9 - It must fix a real bug that bothers people (not a, "This could be a
10 problem..." type thing). 10 problem..." type thing).
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
14 critical. 14 critical.
15 - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the 15 - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the
16 race can be exploited is also provided. 16 race can be exploited is also provided.
17 - It can not contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, 17 - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
18 whitespace cleanups, etc). 18 whitespace cleanups, etc).
19 - It must be accepted by the relevant subsystem maintainer. 19 - It must be accepted by the relevant subsystem maintainer.
20 - It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules. 20 - It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules.