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authorBagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>2022-03-14 14:33:25 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2022-03-18 16:29:21 +0300
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Documentation: add note block surrounding security patch note
Security patches have different handling than rest of patches for review. Enclose note paragraph about such patches in `.. note::` block. Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220314113329.485372-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree
----------------------------------------------------
- - Security patches should not be handled (solely) by the -stable review
+.. note::
+
+ Security patches should not be handled (solely) by the -stable review
process but should follow the procedures in
:ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst <securitybugs>`.