From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Add to Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst that patch submitters should run "make htmldocs" and verify that any Documentation/ changes (patches) are clean (no new warnings/errors). Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- linux-next-20200821.orig/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst +++ linux-next-20200821/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst @@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux c) Builds successfully when using ``O=builddir`` + d) Any Documentation/ changes build successfully without warnings/errors. + Use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs`` to check the build and + fix any issues. + 3) Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools or some other build farm.