Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757089AbZLWTzv (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:55:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756843AbZLWTxQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:53:16 -0500 Received: from kroah.org ([198.145.64.141]:52942 "EHLO coco.kroah.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753761AbZLWTxK (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:53:10 -0500 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior , Brandon Philips , Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: [PATCH 03/10] Doc/stable rules: add new cherry-pick logic Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:52:36 -0800 Message-Id: <1261597963-18323-3-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.6.5.6 In-Reply-To: <20091223194955.GB18101@kroah.com> References: <20091223194955.GB18101@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2924 Lines: 64 From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior - 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 Cc: Brandon Philips Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index a452227..5effa5b 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -26,13 +26,33 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: - Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to stable@kernel.org. + - To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the + the tag + Cc: stable@kernel.org + 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. + - 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: # .32.x: a1f84a3: sched: Check for idle + Cc: # .32.x: 1b9508f: sched: Rate-limit newidle + Cc: # .32.x: fd21073: sched: Fix affinity logic + Cc: # .32.x + Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar + + The tag sequence has the meaning of: + git cherry-pick a1f84a3 + git cherry-pick 1b9508f + git cherry-pick fd21073 + git cherry-pick + - 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. -- 1.6.5.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/