Pandora Sourcecodes - pandora-kernel.git/atom - Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt history Pandora Kernel Repository https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git /git-favicon.png /git-logo.png 2014-09-13T22:41:37Z gitweb stable_kernel_rules: Add pointer to netdev-FAQ for network patches 2014-06-24T15:11:26Z Dave Chiluk chiluk@canonical.com Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk 2014-06-24T15:11:26Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=56dee47aa4a619a6b786f12fef8281a4db6771fb
stable_kernel_rules: Add pointer to netdev-FAQ for network patches

commit b76fc285337b6b256e9ba20a40cfd043f70c27af upstream.

Stable_kernel_rules should point submitters of network stable patches to the
netdev_FAQ.txt as requests for stable network patches should go to netdev
first.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chiluk <chiluk@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
stable: update references to older 2.6 versions for 3.x 2012-06-05T15:15:50Z Paul Gortmaker paul.gortmaker@windriver.com Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk 2012-06-05T15:15:50Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=6b6deb8a6bcaa43b7ea365de9b97ef11f6ffd316
stable: update references to older 2.6 versions for 3.x

commit 2584f5212d97b664be250ad5700a2d0fee31a10d upstream.

Also add information on where the respective trees are.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
stable: Allow merging of backports for serious user-visible performance issues 2012-06-21T10:36:50Z Mel Gorman mgorman@suse.de Ben Hutchings ben@decadent.org.uk 2012-06-21T10:36:50Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=5377775ec200160aa22c4a07e7b08c81559b3357
stable: Allow merging of backports for serious user-visible performance issues

commit eb3979f64d25120d60b9e761a4c58f70b1a02f86 upstream.

Distribution kernel maintainers routinely backport fixes for users that
were deemed important but not "something critical" as defined by the
rules. To users of these kernels they are very serious and failing to fix
them reduces the value of -stable.

The problem is that the patches fixing these issues are often subtle and
prone to regressions in other ways and need greater care and attention.
To combat this, these "serious" backports should have a higher barrier
to entry.

This patch relaxes the rules to allow a distribution maintainer to merge
to -stable a backported patch or small series that fixes a "serious"
user-visible performance issue. They should include additional information on
the user-visible bug affected and a link to the bugzilla entry if available.
The same rules about the patch being already in mainline still apply.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
Update email address for stable patch submission 2011-10-18T01:16:39Z Josh Boyer jwboyer@redhat.com Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@suse.de 2011-10-18T01:16:39Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=5fa224295f0e0358c8bc0e5390702338df889def
Update email address for stable patch submission

The stable@kernel.org email address has been replaced with the
stable@vger.kernel.org mailing list.  Change the stable kernel rules to
reference the new list instead of the semi-defunct email alias.

CC: <stable@kernel.org>
CC: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement reworded 2010-04-01T20:01:52Z Stefan Richter stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@suse.de 2010-04-01T20:01:52Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=959fb1c5075c2dcdbe879e6dafbc59eb1e1192d6
Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement reworded

It is a hard requirement to include the upstream commit ID in the
changelog of a -stable submission, not just a courtesy to the stable
team.  This concerns only mail submission though, which is no longer
the only way into stable.  (Also, fix a double "the".)

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
Doc/stable rules: add new cherry-pick logic 2009-12-06T11:24:31Z Sebastian Andrzej Siewior sebastian@breakpoint.cc Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@suse.de 2009-12-06T11:24:31Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=8e9b9362266dd16255473c080d846b13e27247bf
Doc/stable rules: add new cherry-pick logic

- it is possible to submit patches for the stable queue without sending
  them directly stable@kernel.org. If the tag (Cc: stable@kernel.org) is
  available in the sign-off area than hpa's script will filter them into
  the stable mailbox once it hits Linus' tree.
- Patches which require others to be applied first can be also specified.
  This was discussued in http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/11/9/474

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
Cc: Brandon Philips <brandon@ifup.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
Update stable tree documentation 2008-10-24T14:10:42Z Josh Boyer jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@suse.de 2008-10-24T14:10:42Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=79cd80a1d9a4e13c150ba43f140f18b202adce65
Update stable tree documentation

Update the documentation for the stable tree rules to reflect
that device IDs and quirks are also suitable for -stable
kernels.

Signed-off-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline 2008-02-08T22:26:02Z Stefan Richter stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@suse.de 2008-02-08T22:26:02Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=46cdf871d9970b9252469531f9efd4a17243bb0b
stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline

stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline

Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
Fix typos in /Documentation : Misc 2006-11-30T04:21:10Z Matt LaPlante kernel1@cyberdogtech.com Adrian Bunk bunk@stusta.de 2006-11-30T04:21:10Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=5d3f083d8f897ce2560bbd4dace483d5aa60d623
Fix typos in /Documentation : Misc

This patch fixes typos in various Documentation txts. The patch addresses some
misc words.

Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig 2006-10-03T20:53:09Z Matt LaPlante kernel1@cyberdogtech.com Adrian Bunk bunk@stusta.de 2006-10-03T20:53:09Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=84eb8d0608af1576175307ed8fb3c8fde329e579
Fix "can not" in Documentation and Kconfig

Randy brought it to my attention that in proper english "can not" should always
be written "cannot". I donot see any reason to argue, even if I mightnot
understand why this rule exists.  This patch fixes "can not" in several
Documentation files as well as three Kconfigs.

Signed-off-by: Matt LaPlante <kernel1@cyberdogtech.com>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
[PATCH] Docs update: small fixes to stable_kernel_rules.txt 2006-01-10T04:53:59Z Jesper Juhl jesper.juhl@gmail.com Linus Torvalds torvalds@g5.osdl.org 2006-01-10T04:53:59Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=e48e99093c9bbb67f95e903d37aef30a969a0153
[PATCH] Docs update: small fixes to stable_kernel_rules.txt

Small spelling, formating & similar fixes to stable_kernel_rules.txt

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
[PATCH] Add the rules about the -stable kernel releases to the Documentation directory 2005-07-29T19:14:34Z Greg KH gregkh@suse.de Linus Torvalds torvalds@g5.osdl.org 2005-07-29T19:14:34Z https://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-kernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=fc185d95ecf3ca62fa9afb5214a69b39060ff537
[PATCH] Add the rules about the -stable kernel releases to the Documentation directory

This was the last agreed upon set of rules, it's probably time we actually add
them to the kernel tree to make them "official".

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
  • [D] Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt