From f0ea149eee6bce70f7c55ebf8bca93a0b02bfbd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lee Jones Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 16:33:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: submitting-patches: Emphasise the requirement to Cc: stable when using Fixes: tag Clear-up any confusion surrounding the Fixes: tag with regards to the need to Cc: the stable mailing list when submitting stable patch candidates. Signed-off-by: Lee Jones Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210113163315.1331064-1-lee.jones@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 7c97ad580e7d..7f48cccc75cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -556,6 +556,11 @@ which stable kernel versions should receive your fix. This is the preferred method for indicating a bug fixed by the patch. See :ref:`describe_changes` for more details. +Note: Attaching a Fixes: tag does not subvert the stable kernel rules +process nor the requirement to Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org on all stable +patch candidates. For more information, please read +:ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst ` + .. _the_canonical_patch_format: The canonical patch format