Additionally to the "commit <sha1> upstream." variant, "[ Upstream
commit <sha1> ]" is used as well as alternative to refer to the upstream
commit hash.
Signed-off-by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v2:
- Drop extra RST markup which just only clutters things without any
advantage.
Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
index c61865e91f52..beef21280d88 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ text, like this:
commit <sha1> upstream.
+or alternatively::
+
+ [ Upstream commit <sha1> ]
+
Additionally, some patches submitted via :ref:`option_1` may have additional
patch prerequisites which can be cherry-picked. This can be specified in the
following format in the sign-off area:
--
2.36.1