From patchwork Fri Dec 11 20:42:07 2009 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Brandon Philips X-Patchwork-Id: 66744 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.176.167]) by demeter.kernel.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nBBKlcBw006182 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:47:38 GMT Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753964AbZLKUra (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:47:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753732AbZLKUra (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:47:30 -0500 Received: from mail-yw0-f173.google.com ([209.85.211.173]:64299 "EHLO mail-yw0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751494AbZLKUr3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:47:29 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 311 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:47:29 EST Received: by ywh3 with SMTP id 3so1282614ywh.22 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:47:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.101.167.16 with SMTP id u16mr3098368ano.7.1260564144784; Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:42:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (c-24-21-209-253.hsd1.or.comcast.net [24.21.209.253]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 9sm1020587yxf.59.2009.12.11.12.42.23 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:42:23 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:42:07 -0800 From: Brandon Philips To: Greg KH Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab , stable@kernel.org, linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [stable] [PATCH] ov511: fix probe() hang due to double mutex_lock Message-ID: <20091211204206.GB29049@jenkins.home.ifup.org> References: <20091211010449.GV3387@jenkins> <20091211033225.GA2596@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091211033225.GA2596@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-media@vger.kernel.org diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt index a452227..5d24504 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt @@ -36,6 +36,23 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree: - Security patches should not be sent to this alias, but instead to the documented security@kernel.org address. +Submitting to -stable automatically upon reaching Linus's tree: + + - As mentioned above, patches must be merged into Linus's tree before being + considered for -stable. But, if you are sending a patch for inclusion + into Linus's tree that you know you will eventually submit to -stable when + it is merged then you can save yourself the trouble of tracking the patch by + adding: + + Cc: stable + + in the signed-off-by area of the patch. Then once it is merged with Linus + an email with the patch will be sent to stable@kernel.org automatically. + + This only works for patches that are for both -stable and Linus's tree at + the time of submission. If a fix has already made its way into Linus's tree + or a maintainer's queue for Linus's tree then follow the regular submission + rules outlined above. Review cycle: