From patchwork Tue Jan 22 18:46:32 2019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Greg Kroah-Hartman X-Patchwork-Id: 1029463 X-Patchwork-Delegate: davem@davemloft.net Return-Path: X-Original-To: patchwork-incoming-netdev@ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming-netdev@ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; spf=none (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=vger.kernel.org (client-ip=209.132.180.67; helo=vger.kernel.org; envelope-from=netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="hzMnRk08"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43kcp8255Xz9s3q for ; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 05:46:40 +1100 (AEDT) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726342AbfAVSqg (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:46:36 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:33308 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725984AbfAVSqf (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:46:35 -0500 Received: from localhost (5356596B.cm-6-7b.dynamic.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A112D21019; Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:46:34 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1548182795; bh=tl9DCLKXjAhXy9ycBvnviTa/2UvZp7jSj4VYZkcOkmA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:From; b=hzMnRk08UUUJER3sBFFjC/OWuKamTjdtDHi8eRKcqlkCF1ggVJhgGaGsCvvYvlmwB eVym28nmG4SfkSsuLSpeqrxIo/p7LLS5qJCEGHaTiXr4ubCXm3lNJcKngh3pynyt8L Z49rv483ClfyDwH54U5yDw6QW7yyDExqFqB0NVZE= Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:46:32 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: Sasha Levin , stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] stable-kernel-rules.rst: add link to networking patch queue Message-ID: <20190122184632.GA32510@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.11.2 (2019-01-07) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org 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 Acked-by: David S. Miller --- Jon, I can take this through one of my trees if you don't want to, which ever is easier for you. diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst index 0de6f6145cc6..7ba8cd567f84 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree - 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 ` + 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 `.