Re: [PATCH v4] docs: stable-kernel-rules: drop rules the stable trees do not apply

From: Jonathan Corbet

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 14:23:51 EST


Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The stable trees do not apply the 100 line limit or the exclusion of
> theoretical issues, and they require a fix to be correct and tested
> rather than obviously correct. Drop those rules.
>
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: SJ Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v4:
> - Split out of the agents skills series, where this was patch 3/7 of v3:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20261016152828.3765695-4-sashal@xxxxxxxxxx
> - No other changes.
>
> Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst | 6 +-----
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

Applied, thanks.

jon