Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753906Ab0DAH0a (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2010 03:26:30 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:45025 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753878Ab0DAH0W (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Apr 2010 03:26:22 -0400 Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:26:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20100401.002622.179174704.davem@davemloft.net> To: w@1wt.eu Cc: gregkh@suse.de, david@fromorbit.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, stable-review@kernel.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Subject: Re: [Stable-review] 4 stable kernel review cycles starting From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20100401044048.GD16238@1wt.eu> References: <20100331215332.GH7671@dastard> <20100331224755.GA23284@suse.de> <20100401044048.GD16238@1wt.eu> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 23.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 676 Lines: 16 From: Willy Tarreau 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? -- 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/