The list of rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not into the “-stable” tree, did not mention anything about new features and let the reader use its own judgement. One may be under the impression that new features are not accepted at all, but that's not true: new features are not accepted unless they fix a reported problem. Update documentation with missing rule. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/fc60e8da-1187-ca2b-1aa8-28e01ea2769a@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#mff820d23793baf637a1b39f5dfbcd9d4d0f0c3a6 Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst index 2fd8aa593a28..266290fab1d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the maintainer and include an addendum linking to a bugzilla entry if it exists and additional information on the user-visible impact. - New device IDs and quirks are also accepted. + - New features are not accepted unless they fix a reported problem. - No "theoretical race condition" issues, unless an explanation of how the race can be exploited is also provided. - It cannot contain any "trivial" fixes in it (spelling changes, -- 2.34.1
