From: Cong Wang Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2018 16:48:13 +0000 (-0700) Subject: netdev-FAQ: clarify DaveM's position for stable backports X-Git-Tag: v4.4.137~10 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=55a2ed39404f96e6aacef19d895ad40698fb1286;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git netdev-FAQ: clarify DaveM's position for stable backports [ Upstream commit 75d4e704fa8d2cf33ff295e5b441317603d7f9fd ] Per discussion with David at netconf 2018, let's clarify DaveM's position of handling stable backports in netdev-FAQ. This is important for people relying on upstream -stable releases. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Cong Wang Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt index 0fe1c6e0dbcd5..bfc6b3e68cc40 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt @@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ A: No. See above answer. In short, if you think it really belongs in dash marker line as described in Documentation/SubmittingPatches to temporarily embed that information into the patch that you send. +Q: Are all networking bug fixes backported to all stable releases? + +A: Due to capacity, Dave could only take care of the backports for the last + 2 stable releases. For earlier stable releases, each stable branch maintainer + is supposed to take care of them. If you find any patch is missing from an + earlier stable branch, please notify stable@vger.kernel.org with either a + commit ID or a formal patch backported, and CC Dave and other relevant + networking developers. + Q: Someone said that the comment style and coding convention is different for the networking content. Is this true?