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| author | Thorsten Leemhuis | 2024-04-29 09:18:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet | 2024-05-02 10:09:17 -0600 |
| commit | af3e4a5ab9a017da9cf624791629e2df710a171c (patch) | |
| tree | fc86d7e6330ebb3aa42e06e4e560d8471c7a9718 | |
| parent | bb12799503d75f29ddc5a6b2905f960ababe308c (diff) | |
docs: stable-kernel-rules: create special tag to flag 'no backporting'
Document a new variant of the stable tag developers can use to make the
stable team's tools ignore a change[1].
That way developers can use 'Fixes:' tags without fearing the changes
might be backported in semi-automatic fashion. Such concerns are the
reason why some developers deliberately omit the 'Fixes:' tag in
changes[2] -- which somewhat undermines the reason for the existence of
that tag and might be unwise in the long term[3].
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/b452fd54-fdc6-47e4-8c26-6627f6b7eff3@leemhuis.info/ [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/cover.1712226175.git.antony.antony@secunet.com/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/dfd87673-c581-4b4b-b37a-1cf5c817240d@leemhuis.info/ [3]
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/35989d3b2f3f8cf23828b0c84fde9b17a74be97c.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 6 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst index ebf4152659f2..9ca8083b41c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst @@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ comment to pass arbitrary or predefined notes: Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # see patch description, needs adjustments for <= 6.3 +There furthermore is a variant of the stable tag you can use to make the stable +team's backporting tools (e.g AUTOSEL or scripts that look for commits +containing a 'Fixes:' tag) ignore a change:: + + Cc: <stable+noautosel@kernel.org> # reason goes here, and must be present + .. _option_2: Option 2 |