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docs: stable-kernel-rules: call mainline by its name and change example
Fine-tuning: * s/Linus' tree/Linux mainline/, as mainline is the term used elsewhere in the document. * Provide a better example for the 'delayed backporting' case that uses a fixed rather than a relative reference point, which makes it easier to handle for the stable team. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/0a120573ea827aee12d45e7bd802ba85c09884da.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info
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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Everything you ever wanted to know about Linux -stable releases
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Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
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"-stable" tree:
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- It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream).
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- It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linux mainline (upstream).
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- It must be obviously correct and tested.
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- It cannot be bigger than 100 lines, with context.
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- It must follow the
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.. code-block:: none
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Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # after 4 weeks in mainline
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Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # after -rc3
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* Point out known problems:
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