Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 8 Feb 2008 23:26:02 +0100 (CET) | From | Stefan Richter <> | Subject | [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline |
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On 7 Feb, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 12:24:57PM +1100, David Chinner wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 05:12:30PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: >> > On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 11:44:30AM +1100, David Chinner wrote: >> > > We've had multiple reports of it, and multiple confirmations that >> > > the patch in the link above fixes the problem..... >> > >> > I didn't think it was in Linus's tree yet. Is it? >> >> Not yet - it's in the pipeline. I'll see if that can be sped >> up (someone else usually takes care of the pushes to Linus). > > Then we did our job right and didn't take it :) > > Please resend it after it gets into Linus's tree, not before, I'm really > tired of checking for these things constantly...
---------------- From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de> --- Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6.24-git19/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.24-git19.orig/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ linux-2.6.24-git19/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accept race can be exploited is also provided. - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, whitespace cleanups, etc). - - It must be accepted by the relevant subsystem maintainer. - 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. Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: @@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the queue, or a NAK if the patch is rejected. This response might take a few days, according to the developer's schedules. - If accepted, the patch will be added to the -stable queue, for review by - other developers. + other developers and by the relevant subsystem maintainer. - Security patches should not be sent to this alias, but instead to the documented security@kernel.org address. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- --=- -=--- http://arcgraph.de/sr/
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