Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:24:31 +0100 | From | Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <> | Subject | [PATCH v2] Doc/stable rules: add new cherry-pick logic |
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- it is possible to submit patches for the stable queue without sending them directly stable@kernel.org. If the tag (Cc: stable@kernel.org) is available in the sign-off area than hpa's script will filter them into the stable mailbox once it hits Linus' tree. - Patches which require others to be applied first can be also specified. This was discussued in http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/11/9/474
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc> --- Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index a452227..bc52bbb 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -25,14 +25,32 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to - stable@kernel.org. + stable@kernel.org. An alternative is to have the tag + Cc: stable@kernel.org + in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be filtered + into the stable tree even without sending directly to + stable@kernel.org + - If the patch requires other patches as prerequisites which can be + cherry-picked than this can be specified in the following format in + the sign-off area: + + Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .32.x: a1f84a3: sched: Check for an idle shared cache + Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .32.x: 1b9508f: sched: Rate-limit newidle + Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .32.x: fd21073: sched: Fix affinity logic + Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .32.x + Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> + + The tag sequence has the meaning of: + git cherry-pick a1f84a3 + git cherry-pick 1b9508f + git cherry-pick fd21073 + git cherry-pick <this commit> + - The sender will receive an ACK when the patch has been accepted into 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 and by the relevant subsystem maintainer. - - If the stable@kernel.org address is added to a patch, when it goes into - Linus's tree it will automatically be emailed to the stable team. - Security patches should not be sent to this alias, but instead to the documented security@kernel.org address. -- 1.6.5.2
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