Clear-up any confusion surrounding the Fixes: tag with regards to the
need to Cc: the stable mailing list when submitting stable patch
candidates.
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210113163315.1331064-1-lee.jones@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
method for indicating a bug fixed by the patch. See :ref:`describe_changes`
for more details.
+Note: Attaching a Fixes: tag does not subvert the stable kernel rules
+process nor the requirement to Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org on all stable
+patch candidates. For more information, please read
+:ref:`Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst <stable_kernel_rules>`
+
.. _the_canonical_patch_format:
The canonical patch format