linux-kernel - Is Fixes line enough?

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Message-ID: <a99840d5-7d57-ec1f-1c70-37ffa6cfd31b@lwfinger.net>
Date:   Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:05:20 -0500
From:   Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Is Fixes line enough?

Greg,

A question has come up on the linux-wireless ML. If a patch has a "Fixes" line, 
is that sufficient to get it flagged as a patch in Stable, or is a "Cc: Stable" 
line also needed?

Thanks,

Larry