4.19-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> commit a41e8f25fa8f8f67360d88eb0eebbabe95a64bdf upstream. The networking maintainer keeps a public list of the patches being queued up for the next round of stable releases. Be sure to check there before asking for a patch to be applied so that you do not waste people's time. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> Acked-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Procedure for submitting patches to the - If the patch covers files in net/ or drivers/net please follow netdev stable submission guidelines as described in :ref:`Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst <netdev-FAQ>` + after first checking the stable networking queue at + https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/bundle/davem/stable/?series=&submitter=&state=*&q=&archive= + to ensure the requested patch is not already queued up. - Security patches should not be handled (solely) by the -stable review process but should follow the procedures in :ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst <securitybugs>`.
