Re: [PATCH v1 3/4] docs: stable-kernel-rules: call mainline by its name and change example

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Thu, Apr 11, 2024 at 07:25:05AM +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Fine-tuning:
> 
> * s/Linus' tree/Linux mainline/, as mainline is the term used elsewhere
>   in the document.
> 
> * Provide a better example for the 'delayed backporting' case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
> ---
>  Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> index ebd57cb9277f7b..3c05f39858c78a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
> @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Everything you ever wanted to know about Linux -stable releases
>  Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
>  "-stable" tree:
>  
> - - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream).
> + - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linux mainline (upstream).
>   - It must be obviously correct and tested.
>   - It cannot be bigger than 100 lines, with context.
>   - It must follow the
> @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ comment to pass arbitrary or predefined notes:
>  
>     .. code-block:: none
>  
> -     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # after 4 weeks in mainline
> +     Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # after 6 weeks in a stable mainline release

I do not know what "stable mainline release" means here, sorry.  "after
4 weeks in mainline" means "after in Linus's tree for 4 weeks, but
Linus's tree is not "stable mainline".

thanks,

greg k-h