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| author | J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> | 2008-02-14 02:03:20 +0300 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2008-02-14 03:21:18 +0300 |
| commit | df24d9a6a9014010513d6af1105f4de05c504a4b (patch) | |
| tree | 5d1d444a158c8b93dd8ccf66ced758b02d62d00c /Documentation/SubmitChecklist | |
| parent | 064d9efe947542097be669581f82d6b097e81d1a (diff) | |
| download | linux-df24d9a6a9014010513d6af1105f4de05c504a4b.tar.xz | |
Documentation: prune redundant SubmitChecklist items
Kernel style is mentioned twice, and the git apply trick is a bit redundant
given the checkpatch.pl recommendation (which also checks for bad
whitespace).
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>
Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/SubmitChecklist')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 16 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist index 34e06d2f194f..da10e0714241 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist +++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist @@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ kernel patches. 4: ppc64 is a good architecture for cross-compilation checking because it tends to use `unsigned long' for 64-bit quantities. -5: Matches kernel coding style(!) +5: Check your patch for general style as detailed in + Documentation/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. @@ -79,13 +83,3 @@ kernel patches. 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: Avoid whitespace damage such as indenting with spaces or whitespace - at the end of lines. You can test this by feeding the patch to - "git apply --check --whitespace=error-all" - -25: Check your patch for general style as detailed in - Documentation/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. |