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| author | Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> | 2021-01-13 16:33:15 +0000 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2021-01-18 13:09:01 -0700 |
| commit | f0ea149eee6bce70f7c55ebf8bca93a0b02bfbd0 (patch) | |
| tree | ea85855adb668dda33c57b937d0ff7e46e79825d /Documentation | |
| parent | e651fdb281854a718eea438c70c0e1c1d336fc0c (diff) | |
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docs: submitting-patches: Emphasise the requirement to Cc: stable when using Fixes: tag
Clear-up any confusion surrounding the Fixes: tag with regards to the
need to Cc: the stable mailing list when submitting stable patch
candidates.
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210113163315.1331064-1-lee.jones@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 7c97ad580e7d..7f48cccc75cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -556,6 +556,11 @@ which stable kernel versions should receive your fix. This is the preferred method for indicating a bug fixed by the patch. See :ref:`describe_changes` for more details. +Note: Attaching a Fixes: tag does not subvert the stable kernel rules +process nor the requirement to Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org on all stable +patch candidates. For more information, please read +:ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst <stable_kernel_rules>` + .. _the_canonical_patch_format: The canonical patch format |