4.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Cong Wang xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com
[ 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 gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Signed-off-by: Cong Wang xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com Signed-off-by: David S. Miller davem@davemloft.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt @@ -179,6 +179,15 @@ A: No. See above answer. In short, if dash marker line as described in Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst 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?