mirrors
/
linux-stable
mirror of https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Releases Wiki Activity

docs: submit-checklist: use subheadings 

During review (see Link), Jani Nikula suggested to use proper subheadings
instead of using italics to indicate the different new top-level
categories in the checklist. Further the top heading should follow the
common scheme.

Use subheadings. Adjust to common heading adornment.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-doc/87o7c3mlwb.fsf@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20240229030743.9125-3-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
This commit is contained in:
Lukas Bulwahn 2024-02-29 04:07:42 +01:00 committed by Jonathan Corbet
parent 5969fbf302
commit 47c67ec1e8
1 changed files with 14 additions and 12 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

26
Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
View File

@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
.. _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.
@ -10,8 +11,8 @@ These are all above and beyond the documentation that is provided in
:ref:`Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst <submittingpatches>`
and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
*Review your code:*
Review your code
================
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
@ -24,8 +25,8 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
comment in the source code that explains the logic of what they are doing
and why.
*Review Kconfig changes:*
Review Kconfig changes
======================
1) Any new or modified ``CONFIG`` options do not muck up the config menu and
default to off unless they meet the exception criteria documented in
@ -37,7 +38,8 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
combinations. This is very hard to get right with testing---brainpower
pays off here.
*Provide documentation:*
Provide documentation
=====================
1) Include :ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` to document global kernel APIs.
(Not required for static functions, but OK there also.)
@ -57,8 +59,8 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
6) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update
``Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst``.
*Check your code with tools:*
Check your code with tools
==========================
1) Check for trivial violations with the patch style checker prior to
submission (``scripts/checkpatch.pl``).
@ -72,8 +74,8 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
but any one function that uses more than 512 bytes on the stack is a
candidate for change.
*Build your code:*
Build your code
===============
1) Builds cleanly:
@ -107,8 +109,8 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
``CONFIG_PCI``, ``CONFIG_BLOCK``, ``CONFIG_PM``, ``CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ``,
``CONFIG_NET``, ``CONFIG_INET=n`` (but latter with ``CONFIG_NET=y``).
*Test your code:*
Test your code
==============
1) Has been tested with ``CONFIG_PREEMPT``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT``,
``CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES``,