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

[Lee Jones]

On Wed, 13 Jan 2021, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 02:23:47PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> Want to just link to the "stable kernel rules" document here to show
> the proper way to do this is documented there?

I think this needs to be clearly stated here.

What if we linked to the rules document *as well*?

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