From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EF6C34E1C89; Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:28:37 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1792164519; cv=none; b=WfDb9fQJ1J7Y+BlJnevO0OXYhUxO1a2X9AMOKA8/IQD11gDBo3CXTdBd7nFnxVRg2n6riU8JWBFpbE4UjdtXvVQDwWHxotNR0Tdq2d5Li+uvCc3o9DLbX/OPRwWh2FOYoHbGGz84VfzGv0ib084zUhxkPsRbnAqm3GNaJH5ysq0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1792164519; c=relaxed/simple; bh=oUr328+wrLsDB7p1D8YTU+V8feFz/hxnfpeop3ZBkfQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=mf5pAj6Cei4MrTkKwQlkNUKLYvIP+FopNeQq617p2lm0RDjSjXNjHNgbzuxJFEHzuFwN3M+hx4Wwwi7oP/wgcqG6e2KCrZgAskefjR9xSSd3YrfQbFGmnzhrN8KyXMACpbyNFwuLn75hIDHRQYy1ZIZyMJtidiLKhyKogYoRqX0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=G5/bFlj9; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="G5/bFlj9" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 944131F000CB; Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:28:35 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1792164517; bh=z5s/NUsEKFHp41RPjYZPkC9gzO3vi+WdUTitqPwbQGA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=G5/bFlj9ksSWtNT21Fia8jk5hnWc6RO4OBvFKv8s7D8wLVqOcCink+Kp67kMqlR/h bvI/3nMaMyTz3+zYa7Iwg2+kD6/XfmNtcXzcKIfw64EVwvWX9qBQCjNV2kROW41hiO fKjBG1xHZYoRbIzNje44Bmg/+Eqgz24UUEd+1OKJiTruuzeyx7zykiz39IGEOw8b0A +78/evQsnLA3O2lVE5PtuT2L7QITvUgxjcUC5kJg+0tSotKSpGy1cS0r6UWxo/Nb9i D4TV7AtlBXCp9Bra0zWSLKC5NX7KDixQSq5fik8RMX7Et/P4yGhH5dbqT8sQ/OGL1J IDAPWkbnoE3Bw== From: Sasha Levin To: workflows@vger.kernel.org, ksummit@lists.linux.dev Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet , Shuah Khan , Randy Dunlap , Mark Brown , Theodore Ts'o , Laurent Pinchart , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Leon Romanovsky , Konstantin Ryabitsev , Thorsten Leemhuis , "Michael S. Tsirkin" , Kees Cook , Geert Uytterhoeven , Dan Carpenter , Miguel Ojeda , Sasha Levin , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v3 3/7] docs: stable-kernel-rules: drop rules the stable trees do not apply Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:28:23 -0400 Message-ID: <20261016152828.3765695-4-sashal@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: <20261016152828.3765695-1-sashal@kernel.org> References: <20261016152828.3765695-1-sashal@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The stable trees do not apply the 100 line limit or the exclusion of theoretical issues, and they require a fix to be correct and tested rather than obviously correct. Drop those rules. Assisted-by: LLM Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 6 +----- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst index edf90bbe30f43..625c1b5b0e16b 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst @@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ 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 Linux mainline (upstream). -- It must be obviously correct and tested. -- It cannot be bigger than 100 lines, with context. +- It must be correct and tested. - It must follow the :ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst ` rules. @@ -24,9 +23,6 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the regression they should only be submitted by a distribution kernel maintainer and include an addendum linking to a bugzilla entry if it exists and additional information on the user-visible impact. - - No "This could be a problem..." type of things like a "theoretical race - condition", unless an explanation of how the bug can be exploited is also - provided. - No "trivial" fixes without benefit for users (spelling changes, whitespace cleanups, etc). -- 2.53.0