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| author | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2010-05-10 14:32:46 +0100 |
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| committer | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2010-05-10 14:32:46 +0100 |
| commit | 0ae28a35bcb7984838acbf28bfba9c030f8b74f0 (patch) | |
| tree | 4f449d929b5df9e126e839f388ff0fd2b52028a0 /Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | |
| parent | 6f1f3d0ab5c3eeea9f04486481c25e9afdfa26c5 (diff) | |
| parent | b57f95a38233a2e73b679bea4a5453a1cc2a1cc9 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
Pull in the bdi fixes and ARM platform changes that other outstanding
patches depend on.
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 5effa5b..e213f45 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 |