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@@ -18,16 +18,15 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
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- It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
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- It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
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whitespace cleanups, etc).
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whitespace cleanups, etc).
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- It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules.
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- It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules.
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- - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree. Quote the
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- respective commit ID in Linus' tree in your patch submission to -stable.
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+ - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream).
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Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree:
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Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree:
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- Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to
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- Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to
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- stable@kernel.org.
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- - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the
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- the tag
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+ stable@kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the changelog
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+ of your submission.
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+ - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag
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Cc: stable@kernel.org
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Cc: stable@kernel.org
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in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to
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in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to
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the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author
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the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author
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