Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree:
- Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to
- stable@kernel.org.
+ stable@vger.kernel.org.
- The sender will receive an ACK when the patch has been accepted into the
queue, or a NAK if the patch is rejected. This response might take a few
days, according to the developer's schedules.
- If accepted, the patch will be added to the -stable queue, for review by
other developers and by the relevant subsystem maintainer.
- - If the stable@kernel.org address is added to a patch, when it goes into
+ - If the stable@vger.kernel.org address is added to a patch, when it goes into
Linus's tree it will automatically be emailed to the stable team.
- Security patches should not be sent to this alias, but instead to the
documented security@kernel.org address.