netdev - Re: [Patch net-next] netdev-FAQ: clarify DaveM's position for stable backports

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Date:   Tue, 5 Jun 2018 09:46:12 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch net-next] netdev-FAQ: clarify DaveM's position for stable
 backports

On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 11:07:19AM -0700, Cong Wang wrote:
> Per discussion with David at netconf 2018, let's clarify
> DaveM's position of handling stable backports in netdev-FAQ.
> 
> This is important for people relying on upstream -stable
> releases.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
> index 2a3278d5cf35..6dde6686c870 100644
> --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
> @@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ A: No.  See above answer.  In short, if you think it really belongs in
>     dash marker line as described in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst to
>     temporarily embed that information into the patch that you send.
>  
> +Q: Are all networking bug fixes backported to all stable releases?
> +
> +A: Due to capacity, Dave could only take care of the backports for the last
> +   3 stable releases. For earlier stable releases, each stable branch maintainer

s/3/2/

There's no need for Dave to do more work than he currently does :)

thanks,

greg k-h