Separate the description for option 1 and the examples how to use it by
making the latter an indented unordered list.
No text changes.
CC: Greg KH <[email protected]>
CC: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 48 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
index 61b4701d3469..597016297fb4 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
@@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag
Cc: [email protected]
-in the sign-off area. To accompany a note to the stable team, use a shell-style
-inline comment (see below for details). Once the patch is merged it will be
-applied to the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the
-author or subsystem maintainer.
+in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to the
+stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author or
+subsystem maintainer.
-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:
+To accompany a note to the stable team, use a shell-style inline comment (see
+below for details):
-.. code-block:: none
+ * 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:
+
+ .. code-block:: none
Cc: <[email protected]> # 3.3.x: a1f84a3: sched: Check for idle
Cc: <[email protected]> # 3.3.x: 1b9508f: sched: Rate-limit newidle
@@ -76,42 +78,42 @@ following format in the sign-off area:
Cc: <[email protected]> # 3.3.x
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
-The tag sequence has the meaning of:
+ The tag sequence has the meaning of:
-.. code-block:: none
+ .. code-block:: none
git cherry-pick a1f84a3
git cherry-pick 1b9508f
git cherry-pick fd21073
git cherry-pick <this commit>
-Also, some patches may have kernel version prerequisites. This can be
-specified in the following format in the sign-off area:
+ * Also, some patches may have kernel version prerequisites. This can be
+ specified in the following format in the sign-off area:
-.. code-block:: none
+ .. code-block:: none
Cc: <[email protected]> # 3.3.x
-The tag has the meaning of:
+ The tag has the meaning of:
-.. code-block:: none
+ .. code-block:: none
git cherry-pick <this commit>
-For each "-stable" tree starting with the specified version.
+ For each "-stable" tree starting with the specified version.
-To delay pick up of patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, use the following
-format:
+ * To delay pick up of patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, use the following
+ format:
-.. code-block:: none
+ .. code-block:: none
Cc: <[email protected]> # after 4 weeks in mainline
-For any other requests related to patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, just
-add a note to the stable tag. This for example can be used to point out known
-problems:
+ * For any other requests related to patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, just
+ add a note to the stable tag. This for example can be used to point out known
+ problems:
-.. code-block:: none
+ .. code-block:: none
Cc: <[email protected]> # see patch description, needs adjustments for >= 6.3
--
2.40.1