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authorJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>2008-02-13 15:03:20 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-02-13 16:21:18 -0800
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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>
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@@ -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.