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| author | Milan Lakhani <milan.lakhani@codethink.co.uk> | 2021-01-12 13:41:01 +0000 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2021-01-18 13:25:52 -0700 |
| commit | 1a63f9cce7b7872567f9a40708689e263d948b21 (patch) | |
| tree | 9f583c345887982312d97355431a1e55085671d7 /Documentation/process | |
| parent | 6970613b4c6a86501c1faa5a86dafa40e97b794e (diff) | |
| download | linux-1a63f9cce7b7872567f9a40708689e263d948b21.tar.bz2 | |
docs: Remove make headers_check from checklist
Remove the make headers_check step from submit-checklist.rst as this is
no longer functional.
Signed-off-by: Milan Lakhani <milan.lakhani@codethink.co.uk>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1610458861-2832-1-git-send-email-milan.lakhani@codethink.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst index 230ee42f872f..f709beaf02c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst @@ -89,30 +89,28 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches. Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to linux-api@vger.kernel.org. -19) Check that it all passes ``make headers_check``. - -20) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation +19) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation failures. See ``Documentation/fault-injection/``. If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault injection might be appropriate. -21) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use +20) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use ``make EXTRA_CFLAGS=-W``). This will generate lots of noise, but is good for finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned". -22) Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure +21) 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. -23) All memory barriers {e.g., ``barrier()``, ``rmb()``, ``wmb()``} need a +22) All memory barriers {e.g., ``barrier()``, ``rmb()``, ``wmb()``} need a comment in the source code that explains the logic of what they are doing and why. -24) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update +23) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update ``Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst``. -25) If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel +24) 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 |