Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules.txt: Exclude networking from stable rules | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Thu, 19 Sep 2013 11:31:14 -0700 |
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Networking is once again "special", so at least document how it's working today in the hope that doing so makes less work for all that actually read the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> --- On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, David Miller wrote: > Secondly, CC:'ing stable is not the correct way to submit networking > patches for -stable inclusion. You simply ask me to queue them up > for -stable explicitly instead.
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index b0714d8..a2d6da0 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: + - The networking tree (net/ and drivers/net/) is 'special' and doesn't + follow the rules below. Don't send or cc: patches for the -stable tree to + stable@vger.kernel.org. Don't mark them stable. Just send the patches to + netdev@vger.kernel.org and let the networking maintainer decide what to do + with them. - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to stable@vger.kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the changelog of your submission, as well as the kernel version you wish
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