Signed-off-by: Nicolas Morey-Chaisemartin <NMoreyChaisemartin@xxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/stable.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/stable.md b/Documentation/stable.md index d7ea9822..b7d26c98 100644 --- a/Documentation/stable.md +++ b/Documentation/stable.md @@ -63,3 +63,20 @@ Note that for Option 3, if the patch deviates from the original upstream patch ( ## Versioning See versioning.md for setting package version on a stable branch. + + +## Creating a stable branch + +Stable branch should be created from a release tag of the master branch. +The first thing to do on a master branch is to commit the mainstream release ABI infos +so that latters patches/fixes can be checked against this reference. + +To do that, the creator of the branch should run +``` +./buildlib/gen-abi +mv build-abi/ABI buildlib/ABI +git add buildlib/ABI +git commit +``` + +Note that the ABI must NOT be commited at any point in the master branch. -- 2.15.0.168.g9a51f1b30.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
