Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree:
- - If the patch covers files in net/ or drivers/net please follow netdev stable
- submission guidelines as described in
- Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
- Send the patch, after verifying that it follows the above rules, to
stable@vger.kernel.org. You must note the upstream commit ID in the
changelog of your submission, as well as the kernel version you wish