On 12/23/2014 10:03 PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > > No it is not. If you were sending a patch (which has already been > accepted upstream) to the stable trees, then you would specify what > stable kernels the patch applies to. In your case, I would not consider > your patches critical for the stable trees. > > So when sending patches, you inform the maintainer (i.e. me) what tree > you want your patch applied by stating either "net" or "net-next" in the > title. For example, this patch would be titled: > > [net v3 1/3] igb: Add igb_disable_sriov in error handling > > Which lets me know you want your patch applied to the "net" tree. If it > were not a fix, then it would go into the "net-next" tree by using the > title: > > [net-next v3 1/3] igb: Add igb_disable_sriov in error handling > >
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