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Authored by Stefan Richter
Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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Exists in master and in 7 other branches imx_3.0.35_4.1.0, imx_3.10.17_1.0.1_ga, imx_3.10.53_1.1.0_ga, imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga, smarc-imx_3.10.53_1.1.0_ga, smarc-imx_3.14.28_1.0.0_ga, smarc-l5.0.0_1.0.0-ga

stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline 

stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

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Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
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16 16 race can be exploited is also provided.
17 17 - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes,
18 18 whitespace cleanups, etc).
19   - - It must be accepted by the relevant subsystem maintainer.
20 19 - It must follow the Documentation/SubmittingPatches rules.
  20 + - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree. Quote the
  21 + respective commit ID in Linus' tree in your patch submission to -stable.
21 22  
22 23  
23 24 Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree:
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28 29 queue, or a NAK if the patch is rejected. This response might take a few
29 30 days, according to the developer's schedules.
30 31 - If accepted, the patch will be added to the -stable queue, for review by
31   - other developers.
  32 + other developers and by the relevant subsystem maintainer.
  33 + - If the stable@kernel.org address is added to a patch, when it goes into
  34 + Linus's tree it will automatically be emailed to the stable team.
32 35 - Security patches should not be sent to this alias, but instead to the
33 36 documented security@kernel.org address.
34 37