Re: [patch 2/2] Documentation/process: Add tip tree handbook

From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	x86@kernel.org, Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] Documentation/process: Add tip tree handbook
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 10:12:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181108091251.GL9761@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181108074012.GD20032@gmail.com>

On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 08:40:12AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > + - Cc: ``cc-ed-person <person@mail>``
> > +
> > +   If the patch should be backported to stable, then please add a '``Cc:
> > +   stable@vger.kernel.org``' tag, but do not Cc stable when sending your
> > +   mail.
> 
> Can I suggest a more canonical form:
> 
> 	Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.18 and later kernels
> 
> It would be nice if people adding Cc: stable lines would actually try to 
> figure out which exact kernel versions are affected.

I think Greg actually prefers we use stable@kernel.org, which is a
/dev/null target. His bot will then pick up on the tag once it hits
Linus' tree.