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-Linux Kernel patch sumbittal checklist
+Linux Kernel patch submission checklist
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Here are some basic things that developers should do if they want to see their
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Documentation/SubmittingPatches and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux
 kernel patches.
 
 
-
 1: Builds cleanly with applicable or modified CONFIG options =y, =m, and
    =n.  No gcc warnings/errors, no linker warnings/errors.
 
@@ -61,3 +60,32 @@ kernel patches.
     Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.
 
 18: All new module parameters are documented with MODULE_PARM_DESC()
+
+19: All new userspace interfaces are documented in Documentation/ABI/.
+    See Documentation/ABI/README for more information.
+
+20: Check that it all passes `make headers_check'.
+
+21: 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 "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
+    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.