Commit 46cdf871 authored by Stefan Richter's avatar Stefan Richter Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

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
......@@ -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.
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