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List:       linux-arm-kernel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH v2] ARM: Build dtb files in all target
From:       Russell King - ARM Linux <linux () arm ! linux ! org ! uk>
Date:       2012-08-31 22:32:19
Message-ID: 20120831223219.GA6906 () n2100 ! arm ! linux ! org ! uk
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 02:11:55PM -0700, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-08-30 at 20:14 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 02:37:11PM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 06:23:04PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 12:52:24PM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> > > > > I've CC'd stable to see if they want to pick this up.
> > > > 
> > > > That's not how stable works - and you'll probably receive a standard form
> > > > whinge from them about that.  Please read up on the submission requirements
> > > > to the stable kernel trees.
> > > 
> > > Ah, thanks.  usually, I just add the Cc: line for fixes I send to
> > > arm-soc.  Since this patch affects more than just kirkwood/marvell, I
> > > didn't feel it was appropriate to pull it in through my tree.
> > 
> > Yes, you put the Cc: line in the commit, but you don't actually send it
> > to that address.
> [...]
> 
> It's OK to cc the stable address when submitting to the relevant
> subsystem maintainer *as well as* including the cc: line in the commit
> message.  It just can't be used as a substitute for the commit line.

No it is not.  It seems you also need to read
Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt

There are two ways to submit patches to the stable team:

1. send the patch to stable@vger.kernel.org _with_ the upstream commit
   ID _included_ in the message.

You can't get that until it's been merged into the upstream tree, so you
can't send it to stable@vger.kernel.org _until_ a maintainer has taken it
and given you the ID.

2. Add the Cc: tag to the commit and let it be picked up automatically
   by the stable team when it hits mainline kernels.

There are no other options.  Definitely Cc'ing the stable address upon
initial submission to the subsystem maintainer is _out_ of the question.

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