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authorCong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>2018-06-05 09:48:13 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-06-13 16:15:28 +0200
commit55a2ed39404f96e6aacef19d895ad40698fb1286 (patch)
tree497c94dc2ecb9adc7ef111cf8e6a6d17704de77e
parent4c5ea1ddf3f446b6060efe91108443ae0ee0d23b (diff)
netdev-FAQ: clarify DaveM's position for stable backports
[ Upstream commit 75d4e704fa8d2cf33ff295e5b441317603d7f9fd ] Per discussion with David at netconf 2018, let's clarify DaveM's position of handling stable backports in netdev-FAQ. This is important for people relying on upstream -stable releases. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ A: No. See above answer. In short, if you think it really belongs in
dash marker line as described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches to
temporarily embed that information into the patch that you send.
+Q: Are all networking bug fixes backported to all stable releases?
+
+A: Due to capacity, Dave could only take care of the backports for the last
+ 2 stable releases. For earlier stable releases, each stable branch maintainer
+ is supposed to take care of them. If you find any patch is missing from an
+ earlier stable branch, please notify stable@vger.kernel.org with either a
+ commit ID or a formal patch backported, and CC Dave and other relevant
+ networking developers.
+
Q: Someone said that the comment style and coding convention is different
for the networking content. Is this true?