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authorHugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com>2023-09-11 16:36:30 -0400
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2023-10-05 13:43:45 +0200
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Documentation: stable: clarify patch series prerequisites
Add some clarifications for patches that have dependencies within the patch series. Signed-off-by: Hugo Villeneuve <hvilleneuve@dimonoff.com> Rule: add Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/20230911203628.20068-1-hugo%40hugovil.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230911203628.20068-1-hugo@hugovil.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -101,6 +101,19 @@ comment:
git cherry-pick fd21073
git cherry-pick <this commit>
+ Note that for a patch series, you do not have to list as prerequisites the
+ patches present in the series itself. For example, if you have the following
+ patch series:
+
+ .. code-block:: none
+
+ patch1
+ patch2
+
+ where patch2 depends on patch1, you do not have to list patch1 as
+ prerequisite of patch2 if you have already marked patch1 for stable
+ inclusion.
+
* For patches that may have kernel version prerequisites specify them using
the following format in the sign-off area: