From dbbe7c962c3a8163bf724dbc3c9fdfc9b16d3117 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jakub Kicinski Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2021 18:46:43 -0800 Subject: docs: networking: drop special stable handling Leave it to Greg. Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 6 ------ Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 ----- 2 files changed, 11 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/process') diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst index 3973556250e1..003c865e9c21 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst @@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree ---------------------------------------------------- - - If the patch covers files in net/ or drivers/net please follow netdev stable - submission guidelines as described in - :ref:`Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst ` - after first checking the stable networking queue at - https://patchwork.kernel.org/bundle/netdev/stable/?state=* - to ensure the requested patch is not already queued up. - Security patches should not be handled (solely) by the -stable review process but should follow the procedures in :ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst `. diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 8c991c863628..91de63b201c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -250,11 +250,6 @@ should also read :ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst ` in addition to this file. -Note, however, that some subsystem maintainers want to come to their own -conclusions on which patches should go to the stable trees. The networking -maintainer, in particular, would rather not see individual developers -adding lines like the above to their patches. - If changes affect userland-kernel interfaces, please send the MAN-PAGES maintainer (as listed in the MAINTAINERS file) a man-pages patch, or at least a notification of the change, so that some information makes its way -- cgit v1.2.3