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

Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt

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@@ -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

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