| From a41e8f25fa8f8f67360d88eb0eebbabe95a64bdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 |
| From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> |
| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:46:32 +0100 |
| Subject: stable-kernel-rules.rst: add link to networking patch queue |
| |
| From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> |
| |
| commit a41e8f25fa8f8f67360d88eb0eebbabe95a64bdf upstream. |
| |
| The networking maintainer keeps a public list of the patches being |
| queued up for the next round of stable releases. Be sure to check there |
| before asking for a patch to be applied so that you do not waste |
| people's time. |
| |
| Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> |
| Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> |
| Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> |
| Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> |
| |
| --- |
| Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 3 +++ |
| 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) |
| |
| --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst |
| +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst |
| @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the |
| - If the patch covers files in net/ or drivers/net please follow netdev stable |
| submission guidelines as described in |
| :ref:`Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst <netdev-FAQ>` |
| + after first checking the stable networking queue at |
| + https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/bundle/davem/stable/?series=&submitter=&state=*&q=&archive= |
| + to ensure the requested patch is not already queued up. |
| - Security patches should not be handled (solely) by the -stable review |
| process but should follow the procedures in |
| :ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst <securitybugs>`. |
