From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758586Ab2GFVi6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jul 2012 17:38:58 -0400 Received: from li9-11.members.linode.com ([67.18.176.11]:37386 "EHLO imap.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756741Ab2GFViw (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jul 2012 17:38:52 -0400 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: Linux Kernel Developers List , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, "Theodore Ts'o" Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: talk about "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org" Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 17:38:50 -0400 Message-Id: <1341610730-6277-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.11.1.108.gb129051 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: tytso@thunk.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on imap.thunk.org); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I couldn't remember whether the canonical marking is stable@kernel.org or stable@vger.kernel.org, so I went looking, and discovered that it wasn't mentioned in the kernel sources. You can find mention of it in Greg K-H's blog, but not everyone would necessarily find this blog entry. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index c379a2a..d802ee2 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -418,7 +418,13 @@ If a person has had the opportunity to comment on a patch, but has not provided such comments, you may optionally add a "Cc:" tag to the patch. This is the only tag which might be added without an explicit action by the person it names. This tag documents that potentially interested parties -have been included in the discussion +have been included in the discussion. + +If a patch is a bug fix which you believe should be backported to the +stable kernel trees, you should add a simple "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org>" +marking in the Signed-off-by: area. Once the patch hits Linus's tree, +the patch will be automatically applied to the currently active stable +trees if possible. If it does not apply, you will be notified of that fact. 14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by: and Reviewed-by: -- 1.7.11.1.108.gb129051