2009-10-22 15:30:29

by Randy Dunlap

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Subject: [PATCH] doc: SubmitChecklist, add ioctls, remove OSDL reference

From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>

If a patch adds ioctls, then Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
should also be updated.

Remove reference to the OSDL PLM build farm.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- lnx-2632-rc5.orig/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
+++ lnx-2632-rc5/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ kernel patches.
2: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig

3: Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
- or something like PLM at OSDL.
+ 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.
@@ -88,3 +88,6 @@ kernel patches.

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.
---
~Randy