On 07/28/2015 05:41 AM, David Drysdale wrote: > Given that I've gotten some of the details wrong in the past (and I've > seen others do likewise), I thought it might be helpful to collate the > best practices for adding a new system call to the kernel. > > Apologies for the wide circulation -- I've tried to include folk who've > recently added or proposed a system call, as they're most likely to > have opinions on: > - whether this a useful addition to Documentation/ > - whether the details of the advice are correct and complete. > > Shuah, is there anything more that should be added for the Testing > section in particular? > David, Looks good. You could add a one liner on in some cases, it might be necessary to install headers before test compiles. Other than that, the information looks good. thanks, -- Shuah -- Shuah Khan Sr. Linux Kernel Developer Open Source Innovation Group Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley) shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (970) 217-8978 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
