From: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [Patch net-next] netdev-FAQ: clarify DaveM's position for stable backports
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 11:07:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180604180719.6053-1-xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> (raw)
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: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
---
Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
index 2a3278d5cf35..6dde6686c870 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
@@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ A: No. See above answer. In short, if you think it really belongs in
dash marker line as described in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst 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
+ 3 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?
--
2.13.0
next reply other threads:[~2018-06-04 18:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-06-04 18:07 Cong Wang [this message]
2018-06-05 7:46 ` [Patch net-next] netdev-FAQ: clarify DaveM's position for stable backports Greg KH
2018-06-05 13:43 ` David Miller
2018-06-05 16:44 ` Cong Wang
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