The patch titled
Documentation: additions to SubmitChecklist
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
documentation-additions-to-submitchecklist.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: Documentation: additions to SubmitChecklist
From: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Add build testing using 'O=builddir'.
Add build testing with various kconfig symbols disabled, listing
common ones that are known to cause build problems.
Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff -puN Documentation/SubmitChecklist~documentation-additions-to-submitchecklist Documentation/SubmitChecklist
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist~documentation-additions-to-submitchecklist
+++ a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ kernel patches.
2b: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig
+2c: Builds successfully when using O=builddir
+
3: Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
or some other build farm.
@@ -95,3 +97,13 @@ kernel patches.
25: If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update
Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt.
+
+26: If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel
+ APIs or features that are related to the following kconfig symbols,
+ then test multiple builds with the related kconfig symbols disabled
+ and/or =m (if that option is available) [not all of these at the
+ same time, just various/random combinations of them]:
+
+ CONFIG_SMP, CONFIG_SYSFS, CONFIG_PROC_FS, CONFIG_INPUT, CONFIG_PCI,
+ CONFIG_BLOCK, CONFIG_PM, CONFIG_HOTPLUG, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ,
+ CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_INET=n (but latter with CONFIG_NET=y)
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from randy.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
dib3000mc-reduce-large-stack-usage.patch
dib7000p-reduce-large-stack-usage.patch
led-driver-for-the-soekris-net5501-board-fix-2.patch
leds-route-kbd-leds-through-the-generic-leds-layer-leds-input-depends-on-input.patch
scsi-fix-convert-scsi_scanc-kernel-doc.patch
scsi-update-drivers-tools-url-references.patch
laptop-mode-make-flushes-per-device-fix.patch
mmcompaction-add-a-tunable-that-decides-when-memory-should-be-compacted-and-when-it-should-be-reclaimed.patch
lib-hexdumpc-reduce-stack-variable-size-and-cleanups.patch
xen-fix-build-when-sysrq-is-disabled.patch
documentation-submittingdrivers-resources.patch
memcg-move-charge-of-file-pages-fix-2.patch
memcg-update-documentation-v8.patch
numa-update-documentation-vm-numa-add-memoryless-node-info.patch
reiser4-export-remove_from_page_cache-fix.patch
mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module-add-missing-header-file.patch
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