From: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Add some clarifications for patches that have dependencies within the
patch series.
Signed-off-by: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1: rebase on latest torvalds/master
Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
index 41f1e07abfdf..1704f1c686d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
@@ -101,6 +101,19 @@ comment:
git cherry-pick fd21073
git cherry-pick <this commit>
+ Note that for a patch series, you do not have to list as prerequisites the
+ patches present in the series itself. For example, if you have the following
+ patch series:
+
+ .. code-block:: none
+
+ patch1
+ patch2
+
+ where patch2 depends on patch1, you do not have to list patch1 as
+ prerequisite of patch2 if you have already marked patch1 for stable
+ inclusion.
+
* For patches that may have kernel version prerequisites specify them using
the following format in the sign-off area:
base-commit: 0bb80ecc33a8fb5a682236443c1e740d5c917d1d
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2.30.2
