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While going through the submit checklist, the list order seemed rather
random, probably just by historical coincidences of always adding yet the
next point someone thought of at the end of the list.

Structure and order them by the category of such activity,
reviewing, documenting, checking with tools, building and testing.

As the diff of the reordering is large:
Review code now includes previous points 1, 5 and 22.
Review Kconfig includes previous 6, 7 and 8.
Documenting includes previous 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 23.
Checking with tools includes previous 5, 9 and 10.
Building includes previous 2, 3, 20 and 24.
Testing includes previous 12, 13, 14, 19 and 21.

Previous point 4 (compile for ppc64) was merged into point 3 (build for
many architectures), as it was just a further note to cross-compiling.

Previous point 5 was split into one in review and one in checking
to have every previous point in the right category.
Point 11 was shortened, as building documentation is mentioned already
in Build your code, 1d.

A note that was presented visually much too aggressive in the HTML view was
turned into a simple "Note that..." sentence in the enumeration.

The recommendation to test with the -mm patchset (previous 21, now
testing, point 5) was updated to the current state of affairs to test with
a recent tag of linux-next.

Note that the previous first point still remains the first list even after
reordering. Randy confirmed that it was important to Stephen Rothwell to
keep 'include what you use' to be the first in the list.

While at it, replace the reference to the obsolete CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB with
CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG.

Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20240229030743.9125-2-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
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@ -11,11 +11,71 @@ These are all above and beyond the documentation that is provided in
and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
*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
that you use.
2) Builds cleanly:
2) Check your patch for general style as detailed in
:ref:`Documentation/process/coding-style.rst <codingstyle>`.
3) 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.
*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
``Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst`` Menu attributes: default value.
2) All new ``Kconfig`` options have help text.
3) Has been carefully reviewed with respect to relevant ``Kconfig``
combinations. This is very hard to get right with testing---brainpower
pays off here.
*Provide documentation:*
1) Include :ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` to document global kernel APIs.
(Not required for static functions, but OK there also.)
2) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/``
3) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
``Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst``.
4) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()``
5) 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.
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:*
1) 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.
2) Check cleanly with sparse.
3) Use ``make checkstack`` and fix any problems that it finds.
Note that ``checkstack`` does not point out problems explicitly,
but any one function that uses more than 512 bytes on the stack is a
candidate for change.
*Build your code:*
1) Builds cleanly:
a) with applicable or modified ``CONFIG`` options ``=y``, ``=m``, and
``=n``. No ``gcc`` warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors.
@ -28,93 +88,44 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
Use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs`` to check the build and
fix any issues.
3) Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
or some other build farm.
2) Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools
or some other build farm. Note that ppc64 is a good architecture for
cross-compilation checking because it tends to use ``unsigned long`` for
64-bit quantities.
4) ppc64 is a good architecture for cross-compilation checking because it
tends to use ``unsigned long`` for 64-bit quantities.
3) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use
``make KCFLAGS=-W``). This will generate lots of noise, but is good
for finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned".
5) Check your patch for general style as detailed in
:ref:`Documentation/process/coding-style.rst <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.
4) 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]:
6) 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
``Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.rst`` Menu attributes: default value.
``CONFIG_SMP``, ``CONFIG_SYSFS``, ``CONFIG_PROC_FS``, ``CONFIG_INPUT``,
``CONFIG_PCI``, ``CONFIG_BLOCK``, ``CONFIG_PM``, ``CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ``,
``CONFIG_NET``, ``CONFIG_INET=n`` (but latter with ``CONFIG_NET=y``).
7) All new ``Kconfig`` options have help text.
8) Has been carefully reviewed with respect to relevant ``Kconfig``
combinations. This is very hard to get right with testing -- brainpower
pays off here.
*Test your code:*
9) Check cleanly with sparse.
1) Has been tested with ``CONFIG_PREEMPT``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT``,
``CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES``,
``CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP``,
``CONFIG_PROVE_RCU`` and ``CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD`` all
simultaneously enabled.
10) Use ``make checkstack`` and fix any problems that it finds.
2) Has been build- and runtime tested with and without ``CONFIG_SMP`` and
``CONFIG_PREEMPT.``
.. note::
3) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
``checkstack`` does not point out problems explicitly,
but any one function that uses more than 512 bytes on the stack is a
candidate for change.
4) 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.
11) Include :ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` to document global kernel APIs.
(Not required for static functions, but OK there also.) Use
``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs`` to check the
:ref:`kernel-doc <kernel_doc>` and fix any issues.
12) Has been tested with ``CONFIG_PREEMPT``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT``,
``CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES``,
``CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK``, ``CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP``,
``CONFIG_PROVE_RCU`` and ``CONFIG_DEBUG_OBJECTS_RCU_HEAD`` all
simultaneously enabled.
13) Has been build- and runtime tested with and without ``CONFIG_SMP`` and
``CONFIG_PREEMPT.``
14) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
15) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/``
16) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
``Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst``.
17) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()``
18) 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.
19) 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.
20) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use
``make KCFLAGS=-W``). This will generate lots of noise, but is good
for finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned".
21) 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.
22) 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.
23) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update
``Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst``.
24) 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_MAGIC_SYSRQ``,
``CONFIG_NET``, ``CONFIG_INET=n`` (but latter with ``CONFIG_NET=y``).
5) Tested with the most recent tag of linux-next to make sure that it still
works with all of the other queued patches and various changes in the VM,
VFS, and other subsystems.