Re: [patch 2/2] Documentation/process: Add tip tree handbook

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 10:12:51AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2018 at 08:40:12AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > > + - Cc: ``cc-ed-person <person@mail>``
> > > +
> > > +   If the patch should be backported to stable, then please add a '``Cc:
> > > +   stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx``' tag, but do not Cc stable when sending your
> > > +   mail.
> > 
> > Can I suggest a more canonical form:
> > 
> > 	Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.18 and later kernels
> > 
> > It would be nice if people adding Cc: stable lines would actually try to 
> > figure out which exact kernel versions are affected.
> 
> I think Greg actually prefers we use stable@xxxxxxxxxx, which is a
> /dev/null target. His bot will then pick up on the tag once it hits
> Linus' tree.

I really do not care either way what address is used.  Both work fine.

thanks,

greg k-h