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Documentation: add note block surrounding security patch note 

Security patches have different handling than rest of patches for
review.

Enclose note paragraph about such patches in `.. note::` block.

Cc: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220314113329.485372-2-bagasdotme@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Bagas Sanjaya 2022-03-14 18:33:25 +07:00 committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ Rules on what kind of patches are accepted, and which ones are not, into the
Procedure for submitting patches to the -stable tree
----------------------------------------------------
- Security patches should not be handled (solely) by the -stable review
.. note::
Security patches should not be handled (solely) by the -stable review
process but should follow the procedures in
:ref:`Documentation/admin-guide/security-bugs.rst <securitybugs>`.