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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-05-12 03:05:35 -0400 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-05-12 03:05:35 -0400 |
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
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-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 | |||
18 | - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, | 18 | - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, |
19 | whitespace cleanups, etc). | 19 | whitespace cleanups, etc). |
20 | - It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules. | 20 | - It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules. |
21 | - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree. Quote the | 21 | - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream). |
22 | respective commit ID in Linus' tree in your patch submission to -stable. | ||
23 | 22 | ||
24 | 23 | ||
25 | Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: | 24 | Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: |
26 | 25 | ||
27 | - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to | 26 | - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to |
28 | stable@kernel.org. | 27 | stable@kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the changelog |
29 | - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the | 28 | of your submission. |
30 | the tag | 29 | - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag |
31 | Cc: stable@kernel.org | 30 | Cc: stable@kernel.org |
32 | in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to | 31 | in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to |
33 | the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author | 32 | the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author |