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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2010-05-10 11:59:37 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2010-05-10 14:20:42 +0200 |
| commit | dbb6be6d5e974c42bbecd183effaa0df69e1dd8b (patch) | |
| tree | 5735cb47e70853d057a9881dd0ce44b83e88fa63 /Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | |
| parent | 6a867a395558a7f882d041783e4cdea6744ca2bf (diff) | |
| parent | b57f95a38233a2e73b679bea4a5453a1cc2a1cc9 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into timers/core
Reason: Further posix_cpu_timer patches depend on mainline changes
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt')
| -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 - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, whitespace cleanups, etc). - 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. + - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream). Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to - stable@kernel.org. - - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the - the tag + stable@kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the changelog + of your submission. + - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag Cc: stable@kernel.org 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 |