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+.. _submitchecklist:
+
+Linux Kernel patch submission checklist
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Here are some basic things that developers should do if they want to see their
+kernel patch submissions accepted more quickly.
+
+These are all above and beyond the documentation that is provided in
+:ref:`Documentation/SubmittingPatches <submittingpatches>`
+and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
+
+
+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:
+
+  a) with applicable or modified ``CONFIG`` options ``=y``, ``=m``, and
+     ``=n``.  No ``gcc`` warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors.
+
+  b) Passes ``allnoconfig``, ``allmodconfig``
+
+  c) Builds successfully when using ``O=builddir``
+
+3) Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
+   or some other build farm.
+
+4) ppc64 is a good architecture for cross-compilation checking because it
+   tends to use ``unsigned long`` for 64-bit quantities.
+
+5) Check your patch for general style as detailed in
+   :ref:`Documentation/CodingStyle <codingstyle>`.
+   Check for trivial violations with the patch style checker prior to
+   submission (``scripts/checkpatch.pl``).
+   You should be able to justify all violations that remain in
+   your patch.
+
+6) Any new or modified ``CONFIG`` options don't muck up the config menu.
+
+7) All new ``Kconfig`` options have help text.
+
+8) Has been carefully reviewed with respect to relevant ``Kconfig``
+   combinations.  This is very hard to get right with testing -- brainpower
+   pays off here.
+
+9) Check cleanly with sparse.
+
+10) Use ``make checkstack`` and ``make namespacecheck`` and fix any problems
+    that they find.
+
+    .. note::
+
+       ``checkstack`` does not point out problems explicitly,
+       but any one function that uses more than 512 bytes on the stack is a
+       candidate for change.
+
+11) Include :ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` to document global  kernel APIs.
+    (Not required for static functions, but OK there also.) Use
+    ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs`` to check the
+    :ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` and fix any issues.
+
+12) Has been tested with ``CONFIG_PREEMPT``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT``,
+    ``CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES``,
+    ``CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP``,
+    ``CONFIG_PROVE_RCU`` and ``CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD`` all
+    simultaneously enabled.
+
+13) Has been build- and runtime tested with and without ``CONFIG_SMP`` and
+    ``CONFIG_PREEMPT.``
+
+14) If the patch affects IO/Disk, etc: has been tested with and without
+    ``CONFIG_LBDAF.``
+
+15) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
+
+16) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/``
+
+17) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
+    ``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.
+    Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to
+    linux-api@vger.kernel.org.
+
+20) Check that it all passes ``make headers_check``.
+
+21) 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.
+
+22) 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".
+
+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.
+
+24) 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.
+
+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_MAGIC_SYSRQ``,
+    ``CONFIG_NET``, ``CONFIG_INET=n`` (but latter with ``CONFIG_NET=y``).