From nobody Wed Feb 11 10:43:39 2026 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 91C8CEB64DC for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2023 06:20:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231393AbjGKGUD (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2023 02:20:03 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:50392 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230505AbjGKGT6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jul 2023 02:19:58 -0400 Received: from wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de (wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de [80.237.130.52]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AF332E4D; Mon, 10 Jul 2023 23:19:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ip4d148da6.dynamic.kabel-deutschland.de ([77.20.141.166] helo=truhe.fritz.box); authenticated by wp530.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) id 1qJ6j5-0000FA-Td; Tue, 11 Jul 2023 08:19:55 +0200 From: Thorsten Leemhuis To: Greg KH , stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sasha Levin , Jonathan Corbet Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] docs: stable-kernel-rules: mention other usages for stable tag comments Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 08:19:53 +0200 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.40.1 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de;linux@leemhuis.info;1689056397;0c99b682; X-HE-SMSGID: 1qJ6j5-0000FA-Td Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 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 CC: Sasha Levin CC: Jonathan Corbet Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis --- v1-v2: * change a ";" into a "." --- Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 22 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/= process/stable-kernel-rules.rst index 51df1197d5ab..de0046c0586b 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst @@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ To have the patch automatically included in the stable t= ree, add the tag =20 Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org =20 -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. =20 .. _option_2: =20 @@ -139,6 +140,21 @@ The tag has the meaning of: =20 For each "-stable" tree starting with the specified version. =20 +To delay pick up of patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, use the followi= ng +format: + +.. code-block:: none + + Cc: # after 4 weeks in mainline + +For any other requests related to patches submitted via :ref:`option_1`, j= ust +add a note to the stable tag. This for example can be used to point out kn= own +problems: + +.. code-block:: none + + Cc: # see patch description, needs adjustmen= ts for >=3D 6.3 + Following the submission: =20 - The sender will receive an ACK when the patch has been accepted into the --=20 2.40.1