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Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 15:05:28 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: David Daney <ddaney.cavm@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
        David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] stable_kernel_rules: Add clause about specification of
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On Mon, Feb 09, 2015 at 03:39:23PM -0800, David Daney wrote:
> From: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Daney <david.daney@cavium.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
> index aee73e7..82c097a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
> @@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree:
>     in the sign-off area. Once the patch is merged it will be applied to
>     the stable tree without anything else needing to be done by the author
>     or subsystem maintainer.
> + - The kernel versions, to which the patch should be applied, can be
> +   specified in the following format in the sign-off area:
> +
> +     Cc:  <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.3.x
> +
> +   The tag has the meaning of:
> +     git cherry-pick <this commit>
> +
> +   For each "-stable" tree starting with the specified version.
> +
>   - If the patch requires other patches as prerequisites which can be
>     cherry-picked, then this can be specified in the following format in
>     the sign-off area:
> -- 
> 1.7.11.7

This doesn't apply to the tree, what kernel version did you make it
against?  Can you make it against Linus's latest tree and resend it?

thanks,

greg k-h