4.19-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
commit a41e8f25fa8f8f67360d88eb0eebbabe95a64bdf upstream.
The networking maintainer keeps a public list of the patches being queued up for the next round of stable releases. Be sure to check there before asking for a patch to be applied so that you do not waste people's time.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Acked-by: David S. Miller davem@davemloft.net Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet corbet@lwn.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
--- Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
--- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the - If the patch covers files in net/ or drivers/net please follow netdev stable submission guidelines as described in :ref:`Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst <netdev-FAQ>` + after first checking the stable networking queue at + https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/bundle/davem/stable/?series=&submitter=&... + to ensure the requested patch is not already queued up. - 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>`.