Re: [PATCH 3.10.y+] PM / sleep: Use valid_state() for platform-dependent sleep states only

[Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 03:36:26PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > If they apply cleanly, then just list the git commit ids, and I can take
> > > care of the rest.
> > 
> > OK. Is this a policy that should be documented? AIUI, we have a few
> > options:
> > 
> >   1. Include 'Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org' in the original commit that
> >   gets to Linus
> > 
> >   2. Send an email to stable@vger.kernel.org that just contains the
> >   commit IDs, after they've made it to Linus
> > 
> >   3. Send patches to stable@vger.kernel.org, if backporting is not
> >   trivial
> > 
> > #1 is most common, and #2 seems like it would handle most of what misses
> > #1. #3 seems inferior, whenever #2 would suffice. But #2 is not in
> > stable_kernel_rules.txt.
> 
> I always gladly take patches to that .txt file if you wish to make it
> clearer.

I was interested in whether I had my facts straight before trying to
document them. I'll take your response to mean I'm not far off base, so
I'll take a stab at patching the file.

Thanks,
Brian