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Date:	Thu, 14 May 2015 00:06:48 +0000
From:	Luke Dashjr <luke@...hjr.org>
To:	trivial@...nel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Clarify requirements for patches directed toward stable

I misunderstood this section as simply asking me to add an email Cc, and
was unaware of the existence of Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt.
Hopefully this clarification will help save maintainers and new/rare
submitters time in the future.

Signed-off-by: Luke Dashjr <luke-jr+git@...pios.org>
---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index b03a832..86ae82e 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -299,7 +299,9 @@ toward the stable maintainers by putting a line like this:
 
   Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
 
-into your patch.
+into the sign-off area of your patch (note, not only as an email recipient).
+You should also read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt 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
-- 
2.0.5

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