[PATCH] Documentation: talk about "Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org"

[Theodore Ts'o]

I couldn't remember whether the canonical marking is stable@xxxxxxxxxx
or stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, so I went looking, and discovered that it
wasn't mentioned in the kernel sources.  You can find mention of it in
Greg K-H's blog, but not everyone would necessarily find this blog
entry.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index c379a2a..d802ee2 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -418,7 +418,13 @@ If a person has had the opportunity to comment on a patch, but has not
 provided such comments, you may optionally add a "Cc:" tag to the patch.
 This is the only tag which might be added without an explicit action by the
 person it names.  This tag documents that potentially interested parties
-have been included in the discussion
+have been included in the discussion.
+
+If a patch is a bug fix which you believe should be backported to the
+stable kernel trees, you should add a simple "Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
+marking in the Signed-off-by: area.  Once the patch hits Linus's tree,
+the patch will be automatically applied to the currently active stable
+trees if possible.  If it does not apply, you will be notified of that fact.
 
 
 14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by: and Reviewed-by:
-- 
1.7.11.1.108.gb129051

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