[PATCH v1 3/4] docs: stable-kernel-rules: call mainline by its name and change example

From: Thorsten Leemhuis
Date: Thu Apr 11 2024 - 01:25:57 EST


Fine-tuning:

* s/Linus' tree/Linux mainline/, as mainline is the term used elsewhere
in the document.

* Provide a better example for the 'delayed backporting' case.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
index ebd57cb9277f7b..3c05f39858c78a 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Everything you ever wanted to know about Linux -stable releases
Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
"-stable" tree:

- - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linus' tree (upstream).
+ - It or an equivalent fix must already exist in Linux mainline (upstream).
- It must be obviously correct and tested.
- It cannot be bigger than 100 lines, with context.
- It must follow the
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ comment to pass arbitrary or predefined notes:

.. code-block:: none

- Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # after 4 weeks in mainline
+ Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # after 6 weeks in a stable mainline release

* Point out known problems:

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