From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (pdx-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.123]) by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76B2EC433EF for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:53:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D323208B4 for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:53:10 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="V12H7mRR" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 2D323208B4 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=linuxfoundation.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754340AbeFLQxI (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2018 12:53:08 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:49670 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935104AbeFLQw4 (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jun 2018 12:52:56 -0400 Received: from localhost (LFbn-1-12247-202.w90-92.abo.wanadoo.fr [90.92.61.202]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 93ADF208BA; Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:52:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1528822376; bh=Zc6KZhSbOpHFzmpBNUkl2mtsDbU+mL0LCEYN1poyb20=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=V12H7mRRRqWFntD6J+8Ccn14U2UNiKB/VEolSRlhgOE0ZfCbQmSrsvXP/vaLojlsq E7hSAUQs2dYCio3fS+I1Q+FAbCmZBcZM5ZSVxPKbLEaS6qEw9zEkK086OR3xhqfBnl x5OwFstxsAmjQDIt7rWhl/pGpInFf2vKFGcd6ZV0= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Cong Wang , "David S. Miller" Subject: [PATCH 4.4 15/24] netdev-FAQ: clarify DaveMs position for stable backports Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2018 18:51:59 +0200 Message-Id: <20180612164817.340545602@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20180612164816.587001852@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20180612164816.587001852@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.65 X-stable: review MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Cong Wang [ Upstream commit 75d4e704fa8d2cf33ff295e5b441317603d7f9fd ] 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: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Cong Wang Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt @@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ A: No. See above answer. In short, if dash marker line as described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches 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 + 2 stable releases. For earlier stable releases, each stable branch maintainer + is supposed to take care of them. If you find any patch is missing from an + earlier stable branch, please notify stable@vger.kernel.org with either a + commit ID or a formal patch backported, and CC Dave and other relevant + networking developers. + Q: Someone said that the comment style and coding convention is different for the networking content. Is this true?