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authorRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>2009-12-15 16:46:59 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-12-16 07:20:06 -0800
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doc: SubmitChecklist, add ioctls, remove OSDL reference
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 <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -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.