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Documentation/SubmitChecklist: add rule #1
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Subject: Documentation/SubmitChecklist: add rule #1
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Add header file requirements. Compliments of Stephen Rothwell.
Stephen calls this Rule #1, so I put it there, but I didn't want to demote
any of the others in the list, so I made one of them number 2b.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/SubmitChecklist~doc-submitchecklist-add-rule-1 Documentation/SubmitChecklist
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist~doc-submitchecklist-add-rule-1
+++ a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ Documentation/SubmittingPatches and else
kernel patches.
-1: Builds cleanly with applicable or modified CONFIG options =y, =m, and
+1: If you use a facility then #include the file that defines/declares
+ that facility. Don't depend on other header files pulling in ones
+ that you use.
+
+2: Builds cleanly with applicable or modified CONFIG options =y, =m, and
=n. No gcc warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors.
-2: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig
+2b: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig
3: Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
or some other build farm.
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