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@@ -72,47 +72,44 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
13) Has been build- and runtime tested with and without ``CONFIG_SMP`` and
``CONFIG_PREEMPT.``
-14) If the patch affects IO/Disk, etc: has been tested with and without
- ``CONFIG_LBDAF.``
+16) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
-15) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
+17) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/``
-16) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/``
-
-17) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
+18) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
``Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst``.
-18) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()``
+19) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()``
-19) All new userspace interfaces are documented in ``Documentation/ABI/``.
+20) All new userspace interfaces are documented in ``Documentation/ABI/``.
See ``Documentation/ABI/README`` for more information.
Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to
linux-api@vger.kernel.org.
-20) Check that it all passes ``make headers_check``.
+21) Check that it all passes ``make headers_check``.
-21) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation
+22) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation
failures. See ``Documentation/fault-injection/``.
If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault
injection might be appropriate.
-22) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use
+23) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use
``make EXTRA_CFLAGS=-W``). This will generate lots of noise, but is good
for finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned".
-23) Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure
+24) 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) All memory barriers {e.g., ``barrier()``, ``rmb()``, ``wmb()``} need a
+25) 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
+26) 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
+27) 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