linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/5] Documentation: add note block surrounding security patch note

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Date:   Mon, 14 Mar 2022 18:33:25 +0700
From:   Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/5] Documentation: add note block surrounding security patch note

Security patches have different handling than rest of patches for
review.

Enclose note paragraph about such patches in `.. note::` block.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
index 003c865e9c2..691d7052546 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
 Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
- - Security patches should not be handled (solely) by the -stable review
+.. note::
+
+   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>`.
 
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