From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 15:45:09 -0700 From: Brian Norris To: Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Francis Moreau , stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel , "Rafael J. Wysocki" Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.10.y+] PM / sleep: Use valid_state() for platform-dependent sleep states only Message-ID: <20140905224509.GF18411@ld-irv-0074> References: <1849024.CHOUso6H2K@vostro.rjw.lan> <1409865665-5375-1-git-send-email-computersforpeace@gmail.com> <54095835.7000207@gmail.com> <20140905074512.GA12218@brian-ubuntu> <20140905214758.GC30221@kroah.com> <20140905220828.GE18411@ld-irv-0074> <20140905223626.GA2376@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140905223626.GA2376@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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