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authorDavid Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>2015-03-26 10:09:08 -0700
committerSasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>2015-06-28 13:39:20 -0400
commitecac1344fd85f250200a985da208d7d20f54cd3c (patch)
treef4faea208e6bab163c2b90325f235ba978a24a08 /Documentation
parente479bdcf6cd952ee6b54d428d31a027d1c66d7ac (diff)
stable_kernel_rules: Add clause about specification of kernel versions to patch.
[ Upstream commit fdc81b7910ad5153bf257e5f7861be71f75a02ef ] Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@oracle.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index 02f8331edb8b..58d0ac4df946 100644
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+++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ format in the sign-off area:
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:
+
+ Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x-
+
+ The tag has the meaning of:
+ git cherry-pick <this commit>
+
+ For each "-stable" tree starting with the specified version.
+
Following the submission:
- The sender will receive an ACK when the patch has been accepted into the