The patch titled
checklist update
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checklist-update.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: checklist update
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
Update Documentation/SubmitChecklist.
- Mention lockdep coverage
- Describe documentation requirements
- Number the various items to simplify the composition of caustic emails.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 76 +++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/SubmitChecklist~checklist-update Documentation/SubmitChecklist
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist~checklist-update
+++ a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -1,57 +1,63 @@
Linux Kernel patch sumbittal checklist
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Here are some basic things that developers should do if they
-want to see their kernel patch submittals accepted quicker.
+Here are some basic things that developers should do if they want to see their
+kernel patch submissions accepted more quickly.
-These are all above and beyond the documentation that is provided
-in Documentation/SubmittingPatches and elsewhere about submitting
-Linux kernel patches.
+These are all above and beyond the documentation that is provided in
+Documentation/SubmittingPatches and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux
+kernel patches.
-- Builds cleanly with applicable or modified CONFIG options =y, =m, and =n.
- No gcc warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors.
+1: Builds cleanly with applicable or modified CONFIG options =y, =m, and
+ =n. No gcc warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors.
-- Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig
+2: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig
-- Builds on multiple CPU arch-es by using local cross-compile tools
- or something like PLM at OSDL.
+3: Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
+ or something like PLM at OSDL.
-- ppc64 is a good architecture for cross-compilation checking because it
- tends to use `unsigned long' for 64-bit quantities.
+4: ppc64 is a good architecture for cross-compilation checking because it
+ tends to use `unsigned long' for 64-bit quantities.
-- Matches kernel coding style(!)
+5: Matches kernel coding style(!)
-- Any new or modified CONFIG options don't muck up the config menu.
+6: Any new or modified CONFIG options don't muck up the config menu.
-- All new Kconfig options have help text.
+7: All new Kconfig options have help text.
-- Has been carefully reviewed with respect to relevant Kconfig
- combinations. This is very hard to get right with testing --
- brainpower pays off here.
+8: Has been carefully reviewed with respect to relevant Kconfig
+ combinations. This is very hard to get right with testing -- brainpower
+ pays off here.
-- Check cleanly with sparse.
+9: Check cleanly with sparse.
-- Use 'make checkstack' and 'make namespacecheck' and fix any
- problems that they find. Note: checkstack does not point out
- problems explicitly, but any one function that uses more than
- 512 bytes on the stack is a candidate for change.
+10: Use 'make checkstack' and 'make namespacecheck' and fix any problems
+ that they find. Note: checkstack does not point out problems explicitly,
+ but any one function that uses more than 512 bytes on the stack is a
+ candidate for change.
-- Include kernel-doc to document global kernel APIs. (Not required
- for static functions, but OK there also.) Use 'make htmldocs'
- or 'make mandocs' to check the kernel-doc and fix any issues.
+11: Include kernel-doc to document global kernel APIs. (Not required for
+ static functions, but OK there also.) Use 'make htmldocs' or 'make
+ mandocs' to check the kernel-doc and fix any issues.
-- Has been tested with CONFIG_PREEMPT, CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT,
- CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB, CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES,
- CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK, CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP all simultaneously
- enabled.
+12: Has been tested with CONFIG_PREEMPT, CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT,
+ CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB, CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES,
+ CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK, CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP all simultaneously
+ enabled.
-- Has been build- and runtime tested with and without CONFIG_SMP and
- CONFIG_PREEMPT.
+13: Has been build- and runtime tested with and without CONFIG_SMP and
+ CONFIG_PREEMPT.
-- If the patch affects IO/Disk, etc: has been tested with and without
- CONFIG_LBD.
+14: If the patch affects IO/Disk, etc: has been tested with and without
+ CONFIG_LBD.
+15: All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
-2006-APR-27
+16: All new /proc entries are documented under Documentation/
+
+17: All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
+ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.
+
+18: All new module parameters are documented with MODULE_PARM_DESC()
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxx are
dont-select-config_hotplug.patch
x86_64-e820c-needs-pgtableh.patch
count_vm_events-fix.patch
add-computone-intelliport-plus-serial-hotplug-support.patch
add-specialix-io8-card-support-hotplug-support.patch
fadvise-remove-dead-comments.patch
vt-remove-vt-specific-declarations-and-definitions-from.patch
tty-remove-include-of-screen_infoh-from-ttyh.patch
md-include-sector-number-in-messages-about-corrected-read-errors.patch
md-oops-workaround.patch
disable-debugging-version-of-write_lock.patch
acpi-initialise-cm_sbs_sem.patch
acpi-resume-allocation-mode-fix.patch
acpi-asus-s3-resume-fix-fix.patch
sony_apci-resume.patch
kauditd_thread-warning-fix.patch
add-__must_check-to-device-management-code.patch
add-config_enable_must_check.patch
v4l-dev2-handle-__must_check.patch
videodev-check-return-values.patch
git-geode-fixup.patch
git-gfs2.patch
git-gfs2-fixup.patch
git-ia64.patch
git-ia64-fixup.patch
git-ieee1394-fixup.patch
git-input.patch
git-input-list_for_each_entry-fix.patch
git-klibc.patch
git-hdrcleanup-vs-git-klibc-on-ia64.patch
git-hdrcleanup-vs-git-klibc-on-ia64-2.patch
git-libata-all.patch
sata-is-bust-on-s390.patch
git-netdev-all.patch
e1000-irq-naming-update.patch
8139cp-printk-fix.patch
82596-section-fixes.patch
ac3200-section-fixes.patch
cops-section-fix.patch
cs89x0-section-fix.patch
at1700-section-fix.patch
e2100-section-fix.patch
eepro-section-fix.patch
eexpress-section-fix.patch
es3210-section-fix.patch
eth16i-section-fix.patch
lance-section-fix.patch
lne390-section-fix.patch
ni52-section-fix.patch
ibmtr-section-fix.patch
smctr-section-fix.patch
wd-section-fix.patch
ni65-section-fix.patch
seeq8005-section-fix.patch
winbond-840-section-fix.patch
fealnx-section-fix.patch
sundance-section-fix.patch
drivers-net-ns83820c-add-paramter-to-disable-auto.patch
git-pcmcia-fixup.patch
git-powerpc-briq_panel-Kconfig-fix.patch
git-sas.patch
serial-8250-sysrq-deadlock-fix.patch
serial-fix-uart_bug_txen-test.patch
revert-gregkh-pci-pci-test-that-drivers-properly-call-pci_set_master.patch
revert-VIA-quirk-fixup-additional-PCI-IDs.patch
revert-PCI-quirk-VIA-IRQ-fixup-should-only-run-for-VIA-southbridges.patch
NCR_D700-section-fix.patch
areca-raid-linux-scsi-driver.patch
areca-raid-linux-scsi-driver-update7-fix.patch
git-scsi-target-fixup.patch
sparc64-of_device_register-error-checking-fix.patch
pm-usb-hcds-use-pm_event_prethaw-fix.patch
kill-usb-kconfig-warning.patch
rtl8150_disconnect-needs-tasklet_kill.patch
git-supertrak-fixup.patch
bcm43xx-opencoded-locking.patch
sleazy-fpu-feature-x86_64-support.patch
x86_64-wire-up-oops_enter-oops_exit.patch
adix-tree-rcu-lockless-readside-update-tidy.patch
mm-tracking-shared-dirty-pages-checks.patch
mm-tracking-shared-dirty-pages-wimp.patch
convert-i386-numa-kva-space-to-bootmem-tidy.patch
reduce-max_nr_zones-make-display-of-highmem-counters-conditional-on-config_highmem-tidy.patch
reduce-max_nr_zones-use-enum-to-define-zones-reformat-and-comment-cleanup.patch
reduce-max_nr_zones-remove-display-of-counters-for-unconfigured-zones-s390-fix.patch
acx1xx-wireless-driver.patch
tiacx-pci-build-fix.patch
tiacx-ia64-fix.patch
tiacx-build-fix.patch
binfmt_elf-consistently-use-loff_t.patch
fdpic-move-roundup-into-linux-kernelh-fix.patch
get_cmos_time-locking-fix.patch
swsusp-warning-fix.patch
swsusp-write-timer.patch
swsusp-write-speedup.patch
swsusp-read-timer.patch
swsusp-read-speedup.patch
swsusp-read-speedup-fix.patch
swsusp-read-speedup-cleanup.patch
swsusp-read-speedup-cleanup-2.patch
uml-timer-initialization-cleanup-fix.patch
uml-move-_kernc-files-fix.patch
deprecate-smbfs-in-favour-of-cifs.patch
edac-new-opteron-athlon64-memory-controller-driver-tidy.patch
x86-microcode-microcode-driver-cleanup-tidy.patch
x86-microcode-add-sysfs-and-hotplug-support-fix.patch
x86-microcode-add-sysfs-and-hotplug-support-fix-fix.patch
add-address_space_operationsbatch_write-tidy.patch
fix-weird-logic-in-alloc_fdtable.patch
alloc_fdtable-cleanup.patch
led-class-support-for-soekris-net48xx-fix.patch
led-class-support-for-soekris-net48xx-fix-fix.patch
pc8736x_gpio-fix-re-modprobe-errors-fix-finish-cdev-init-tidy.patch
revert-pcmcia-make-ide_cs-work-with-the-memory-space-of-cf-cards-if-io-space-is-not-available.patch
reiserfs-on-demand-bitmap-loading.patch
per-task-delay-accounting-taskstats-interface.patch
per-task-delay-accounting-proc-export-of-aggregated-block-i-o-delays.patch
delay-accounting-taskstats-interface-send-tgid-once.patch
per-task-delay-accounting-taskstats-interface-control-exit-data-through-cpumasks-fix.patch
task-watchers-task-watchers.patch
task-watchers-add-support-for-per-task-watchers.patch
swap_prefetch-vs-zoned-counters.patch
ecryptfs-mmap-operations.patch
ecryptfs-alpha-build-fix.patch
ecryptfs-more-elegant-aes-key-size-manipulation.patch
ecryptfs-get_sb_dev-fix.patch
namespaces-add-nsproxy-dont-include-compileh.patch
namespaces-utsname-switch-to-using-uts-namespaces.patch
namespaces-utsname-use-init_utsname-when-appropriate.patch
namespaces-utsname-implement-utsname-namespaces.patch
namespaces-utsname-sysctl-hack.patch
ipc-namespace-core.patch
readahead-sysctl-parameters-fix.patch
make-copy_from_user_inatomic-not-zero-the-tail-on-i386-vs-reiser4.patch
reiser4-hardirq-include-fix.patch
reiser4-run-truncate_inode_pages-in-reiser4_delete_inode.patch
reiser4-get_sb_dev-fix.patch
reiser4-vs-zoned-allocator.patch
hpt3xx-rework-rate-filtering-tidy.patch
cirrus-logic-framebuffer-i2c-support-fix.patch
genirq-convert-the-i386-architecture-to-irq-chips.patch
genirq-x86_64-irq-reenable-migrating-irqs-to-other-cpus.patch
genirq-msi-simplify-msi-enable-and-disable.patch
genirq-ia64-irq-dynamic-irq-support.patch
genirq-msi-only-build-msi-apicc-on-ia64-fix.patch
genirq-i386-irq-remove-the-msi-assumption-that-irq-==-vector.patch
nr_blockdev_pages-in_interrupt-warning.patch
device-suspend-debug.patch
revert-tty-buffering-comment-out-debug-code.patch
slab-leaks3-default-y.patch
x86-kmap_atomic-debugging.patch
checklist-update.patch
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