From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: + documentation-additions-to-submitchecklist.patch added to -mm tree Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:11:01 -0700 Message-ID: <201004222111.o3MLB10R011261@imap1.linux-foundation.org> Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:41302 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755257Ab0DVVLH (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:11:07 -0400 Sender: mm-commits-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org To: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org Cc: randy.dunlap@oracle.com The patch titled Documentation: additions to SubmitChecklist has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is documentation-additions-to-submitchecklist.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: Documentation: additions to SubmitChecklist From: Randy Dunlap Add build testing using 'O=builddir'. Add build testing with various kconfig symbols disabled, listing common ones that are known to cause build problems. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff -puN Documentation/SubmitChecklist~documentation-additions-to-submitchecklist Documentation/SubmitChecklist --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist~documentation-additions-to-submitchecklist +++ a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ kernel patches. 2b: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig +2c: Builds successfully when using O=builddir + 3: Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools or some other build farm. @@ -95,3 +97,13 @@ kernel patches. 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_HOTPLUG, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ, + CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_INET=n (but latter with CONFIG_NET=y) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from randy.dunlap@oracle.com are origin.patch linux-next.patch uv_irqc-fix-all-sparse-warnings.patch dib3000mc-reduce-large-stack-usage.patch dib7000p-reduce-large-stack-usage.patch led-driver-for-the-soekris-net5501-board-fix-2.patch leds-route-kbd-leds-through-the-generic-leds-layer-leds-input-depends-on-input.patch scsi-fix-convert-scsi_scanc-kernel-doc.patch scsi-update-drivers-tools-url-references.patch usb-fix-serial-build-when-sysrq-is-disabled.patch mmcompaction-add-a-tunable-that-decides-when-memory-should-be-compacted-and-when-it-should-be-reclaimed.patch lib-hexdumpc-reduce-stack-variable-size-and-cleanups.patch xen-fix-build-when-sysrq-is-disabled.patch documentation-submittingdrivers-resources.patch documentation-additions-to-submitchecklist.patch memcg-move-charge-of-file-pages-fix-2.patch memcg-update-documentation-v8.patch numa-update-documentation-vm-numa-add-memoryless-node-info.patch reiser4-export-remove_from_page_cache-fix.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module-add-missing-header-file.patch