Commit 959fb1c5 authored by Stefan Richter's avatar Stefan Richter Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman

Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement reworded

It is a hard requirement to include the upstream commit ID in the
changelog of a -stable submission, not just a courtesy to the stable
team.  This concerns only mail submission though, which is no longer
the only way into stable.  (Also, fix a double "the".)
Signed-off-by: default avatarStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Acked-by: default avatarRandy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
parent c81eddb0
...@@ -18,16 +18,15 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the ...@@ -18,16 +18,15 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
- It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
whitespace cleanups, etc). whitespace cleanups, etc).
- It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules. - It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules.
- It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree. Quote the - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream).
respective commit ID in Linus' tree in your patch submission to -stable.
Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree:
- Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to
stable@kernel.org. stable@kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the changelog
- To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the of your submission.
the tag - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag
Cc: stable@kernel.org Cc: stable@kernel.org
in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to
the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author
......
Markdown is supported
0%
or
You are about to add 0 people to the discussion. Proceed with caution.
Finish editing this message first!
Please register or to comment