X-Git-Url: http://git.cascardo.info/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FSubmitChecklist;h=bd23dc0bc0c7c9ced4323b761396377d700fad83;hb=03feb0524660bcd890674d11d29a1873ca14d13c;hp=a10bfb6ecd9fa4e55c9beecd2e588c9a0359ec71;hpb=9b4f2e9576658c4e52d95dc8d309f51b2e2db096;p=cascardo%2Flinux.git diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist index a10bfb6ecd9f..bd23dc0bc0c7 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist +++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist @@ -61,3 +61,22 @@ kernel patches. Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt. 18: All new module parameters are documented with MODULE_PARM_DESC() + +19: All new userspace interfaces are documented in Documentation/ABI/. + See Documentation/ABI/README for more information. + +20: Check that it all passes `make headers_check'. + +21: Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation + fauilures. See Documentation/fault-injection/. + + If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault + injection might be appropriate. + +22: Newly-added code has been compiled with `gcc -W'. This will generate + lots of noise, but is good for finding bugs like "warning: comparison + between signed and unsigned". + +23: Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure + that it still works with all of the other queued patches and various + changes in the VM, VFS, and other subsystems.