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docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention other usages for stable tag comments

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Document how to delay backporting or send a note to the stable team
using shell-style inline comments attached to stable tags.

CC: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
CC: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
CC: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/bf1489b40ff358b7cb4f7d8cc73d5c7c3c143471.1689056247.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ To have the patch automatically included in the stable tree, add the tag
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to
the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author
or subsystem maintainer.
in the sign-off area. To accompany a note to the stable team, use a shell-style
inline comment (see below for details). Once the patch is merged it will be
applied to the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the
author or subsystem maintainer.
.. _option_2:
@ -139,6 +140,21 @@ The tag has the meaning of:
For each "-stable" tree starting with the specified version.
To delay pick up of patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, use the following
format:
.. code-block:: none
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # after 4 weeks in mainline
For any other requests related to patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, just
add a note to the stable tag. This for example can be used to point out known
problems:
.. code-block:: none
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # see patch description, needs adjustments for >= 6.3
Following the submission:
- The sender will receive an ACK when the patch has been accepted into the