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diff --git a/Documentation/process/index.rst b/Documentation/process/index.rst index 21aa7d5358e6..6399d92f0b21 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/index.rst @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ lack of a better place. volatile-considered-harmful botching-up-ioctls clang-format + ../riscv/patch-acceptance .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/index.rst b/Documentation/riscv/index.rst index 215fd3c1f2d5..fa33bffd8992 100644 --- a/Documentation/riscv/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/riscv/index.rst @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ RISC-V architecture boot-image-header pmu + patch-acceptance .. only:: subproject and html diff --git a/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst b/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dfe0ac5624fb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +arch/riscv maintenance guidelines for developers +================================================ + +Overview +-------- +The RISC-V instruction set architecture is developed in the open: +in-progress drafts are available for all to review and to experiment +with implementations. New module or extension drafts can change +during the development process - sometimes in ways that are +incompatible with previous drafts. This flexibility can present a +challenge for RISC-V Linux maintenance. Linux maintainers disapprove +of churn, and the Linux development process prefers well-reviewed and +tested code over experimental code. We wish to extend these same +principles to the RISC-V-related code that will be accepted for +inclusion in the kernel. + +Submit Checklist Addendum +------------------------- +We'll only accept patches for new modules or extensions if the +specifications for those modules or extensions are listed as being +"Frozen" or "Ratified" by the RISC-V Foundation. (Developers may, of +course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees that contain code for +any draft extensions that they wish.) + +Additionally, the RISC-V specification allows implementors to create +their own custom extensions. These custom extensions aren't required +to go through any review or ratification process by the RISC-V +Foundation. To avoid the maintenance complexity and potential +performance impact of adding kernel code for implementor-specific +RISC-V extensions, we'll only to accept patches for extensions that +have been officially frozen or ratified by the RISC-V Foundation. +(Implementors, may, of course, maintain their own Linux kernel trees +containing code for any custom extensions that they wish.) diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index e09bd92a1e44..2987d1e16d20 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -14119,6 +14119,7 @@ M: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com> M: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com> M: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu> L: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org +P: Documentation/riscv/patch-acceptance.rst T: git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux.git S: Supported F: arch/riscv/ |