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docs: stable-kernel-rules: reduce redundancy
Explain the general concept once in the intro to keep things somewhat
shorter in the individual points.
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/106e21789e2bf02d174e1715b49cd4d30886d51f.1714367921.git.linux@leemhuis.info
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To sent additional instructions to the stable team, use a shell-style inline
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* To specify any additional patch prerequisites for cherry picking use the
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* Specify any additional patch prerequisites for cherry picking:
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prerequisite of patch2 if you have already marked patch1 for stable
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* For patches that may have kernel version prerequisites specify them using
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Note, such tagging is unnecessary if the stable team can derive the
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* To delay pick up of patches, use the following format:
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Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # after 4 weeks in mainline
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* For any other requests, just add a note to the stable tag. This for example
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