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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst index 3973556250e1..003c865e9c21 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst @@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree ---------------------------------------------------- - - If the patch covers files in net/ or drivers/net please follow netdev stable - submission guidelines as described in - :ref:`Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst <netdev-FAQ>` - after first checking the stable networking queue at - https://patchwork.kernel.org/bundle/netdev/stable/?state=* - to ensure the requested patch is not already queued up. - Security patches should not be handled (solely) by the -stable review process but should follow the procedures in :ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst <securitybugs>`. diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 8c991c863628..91de63b201c1 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -250,11 +250,6 @@ should also read :ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst <stable_kernel_rules>` in addition to this file. -Note, however, that some subsystem maintainers want to come to their own -conclusions on which patches should go to the stable trees. The networking -maintainer, in particular, would rather not see individual developers -adding lines like the above to their patches. - If changes affect userland-kernel interfaces, please send the MAN-PAGES maintainer (as listed in the MAINTAINERS file) a man-pages patch, or at least a notification of the change, so that some information makes its way |