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SubjectRe: [Stable-review] 4 stable kernel review cycles starting
David Miller wrote:
> From: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 06:40:48 +0200
>
>> For this reason, IMHO it helps when submitters can indicate in each
>> patch the mainline equivalent ID, or alternatively that it's pointless
>> to look for it because the fix is much different.
>
> I put this at the top of every networking/ide/sparc commit message
> for -stable submissions I make.
>
> In fact I thought that was a requirement for -stable submissions?

It is a documented requirement, perhaps not very clearly worded in The
Submitter's Guide To Stable...
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=46cdf871d9970b9252469531f9efd4a17243bb0b
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