From nobody Wed Sep 17 06:44:17 2025 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C4F4C4332F for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 09:17:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234964AbiLVJRK (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2022 04:17:10 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40888 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S234894AbiLVJRG (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2022 04:17:06 -0500 Received: from mail-ej1-x62b.google.com (mail-ej1-x62b.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::62b]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 24F2420F77 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 01:17:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-ej1-x62b.google.com with SMTP id x22so3408402ejs.11 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 01:17:05 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:date:subject:cc :to:from:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=PWgdTaVoa5qu+SyKBPOqpyG8l+WOI84pd0n3Dy38GcU=; b=U0oIHqjyc/QAR8FDSw9DidXPhhKEKPzFBYt9+d2EmqwGfptBLDtVhcIOndYbHCbvJ8 2t5WJcvI4GzXA0qeCRSAj7FGJM7+iLIQ6YsL1Xmbw2tnWTd9xRenq33ync9u+OWSGLum /nHT+Dwx4i3YIz3FRW87xA79vqXhvpxGeDklfoFhbMnbkmZ8XwpKTZcMhPbNNC4a0hnq QPOucczRbQSBKzg2Znj/63d2CKwaFjI7d9hw31bTonYWWV6VDHVU/X8lhgD+aJAjHkFe 1WMYQd08j3QEkVta80CONk+JpqomQ5pLfqytUlQzrNtZDgG5xJjp1+cRFVXlUkolBkPC VktQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:date:subject:cc :to:from:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=PWgdTaVoa5qu+SyKBPOqpyG8l+WOI84pd0n3Dy38GcU=; b=FSsDby3LHg0F2yUjsCj4uye21w4t7ReXKszWBj/+DQ0shZkeXi+w8j/E2RY/L5zY8p epKv4yPaYob2VAYSkGDzehzNT8Smi8/9sbDqu7T7v/VUll4ZrgpMlwr/LtF5g2zJe2Kh JW6aRz9jv7J3nAKYYBJDXu8iuq7Hgg0kpfZPjqxBsU4pomrELH6dsB7/RApQbr0CNOPt faHoFE1X7ycHfZe6/cHn3ECUzq8bNdRnvfE2w0/uHwhXWLocsslcX0lhynYduXuR3Ppf SYwwVh0Fd+yhwxl/dqlLDi5a6F+HkNx7AdNBUNIgzLy4mCAmiZOuSg3YQKS3jmWEmmRn M82w== X-Gm-Message-State: AFqh2kodICedGQ3djt9k+w4foGeBYxI5tqfSjsl34Iq8uIQelmz3kRDL f/HGAf248mCQi41xYlC5N2cYR6mvASHZV8zI X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMrXdXuAhZXJjeqFNgfF9FOIJBrdld+yAZuaSog/qvpLdb2c0jE829UuVB5H8G9GoA2gjp4kzvfJhQ== X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:6e16:b0:7c0:9f6f:6d8 with SMTP id sd22-20020a1709076e1600b007c09f6f06d8mr5040158ejc.2.1671700623648; Thu, 22 Dec 2022 01:17:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from alba.. ([82.77.81.131]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a12-20020a17090682cc00b007c6be268252sm29072ejy.77.2022.12.22.01.17.02 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 22 Dec 2022 01:17:03 -0800 (PST) From: Tudor Ambarus To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, sashal@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, joneslee@google.com, Tudor Ambarus Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: stable: Add rule on what kind of patches are accepted Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 11:16:58 +0200 Message-Id: <20221222091658.1975240-1-tudor.ambarus@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The list of rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not into the =E2=80=9C-stable=E2=80=9D tree, did not mention anything a= bout new features and let the reader use its own judgement. One may be under the impression that new features are not accepted at all, but that's not true: new features are not accepted unless they fix a reported problem. Update documentation with missing rule. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/fc60e8da-1187-ca2b-1aa8-28e01ea2769a@lin= aro.org/T/#mff820d23793baf637a1b39f5dfbcd9d4d0f0c3a6 Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus --- Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/= process/stable-kernel-rules.rst index 2fd8aa593a28..266290fab1d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which one= s are not, into the maintainer and include an addendum linking to a bugzilla entry if it exists and additional information on the user-visible impact. - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted. + - New features are not accepted unless they fix a reported problem. - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the race can be exploited is also provided. - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, --=20 2.34.1