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: -- 2.25.1
