From: David Daney <[email protected]>

This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any
objections, please let us know.

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[ Upstream commit fdc81b7910ad5153bf257e5f7861be71f75a02ef ]

Signed-off-by: David Daney <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
---
 Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt 
b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
index 02f8331..58d0ac4 100644
--- a/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
+++ b/Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ format in the sign-off area:
      git cherry-pick fd21073
      git cherry-pick <this commit>
 
+Also, some patches may have kernel version prerequisites.  This can be
+specified in the following format in the sign-off area:
+
+     Cc:  <[email protected]> # 3.3.x-
+
+   The tag has the meaning of:
+     git cherry-pick <this commit>
+
+   For each "-stable" tree starting with the specified version.
+
 Following the submission:
 
  - The sender will receive an ACK when the patch has been accepted into the
-- 
2.1.0

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