[PATCH 1/1] docs: submitting-patches: Emphasise the requirement to Cc: stable when using Fixes: tag

From: Lee Jones
Date: Wed Jan 13 2021 - 09:24:38 EST


Clear-up any confusion surrounding the Fixes: tag with regards to the
need to Cc: the stable mailing list when submitting stable patch
candidates.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index 7c97ad580e7d0..636ef067c1565 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -554,7 +554,8 @@ is used to make it easy to determine where a bug originated, which can help
review a bug fix. This tag also assists the stable kernel team in determining
which stable kernel versions should receive your fix. This is the preferred
method for indicating a bug fixed by the patch. See :ref:`describe_changes`
-for more details.
+for more details. Attaching a Fixes: tag does not replace the requirement to
+Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on all stable patch candidates.

.. _the_canonical_patch_format:

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