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| author | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2022-03-30 07:25:01 +0300 |
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| committer | Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com> | 2022-03-31 11:49:39 +0300 |
| commit | 3eca381457ca58fbde16f827ddfaaecde3d61127 (patch) | |
| tree | 484f99fc89f1c847a164933d7b4e3abbcc67a94e | |
| parent | b8ba106378a058711d8abd0889351ff9c81850c1 (diff) | |
| download | linux-3eca381457ca58fbde16f827ddfaaecde3d61127.tar.xz | |
docs: netdev: make the testing requirement more stringent
These days we often ask for selftests so let's update our
testing requirements.
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst index f8b89dc81cab..1388f78cfbc5 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst @@ -196,11 +196,15 @@ as possible alternative mechanisms. What level of testing is expected before I submit my change? ------------------------------------------------------------ -If your changes are against ``net-next``, the expectation is that you -have tested by layering your changes on top of ``net-next``. Ideally -you will have done run-time testing specific to your change, but at a -minimum, your changes should survive an ``allyesconfig`` and an -``allmodconfig`` build without new warnings or failures. +At the very minimum your changes must survive an ``allyesconfig`` and an +``allmodconfig`` build with ``W=1`` set without new warnings or failures. + +Ideally you will have done run-time testing specific to your change, +and the patch series contains a set of kernel selftest for +``tools/testing/selftests/net`` or using the KUnit framework. + +You are expected to test your changes on top of the relevant networking +tree (``net`` or ``net-next``) and not e.g. a stable tree or ``linux-next``. How do I post corresponding changes to user space components? ------------------------------------------------------------- |