X-Git-Url: http://ftp.safe.ca/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2FSubmitChecklist;h=78a9168ff37784ff9692e18a241d930b268f543d;hb=0e9052eb98a9986ec0669d030604f7a68f6df638;hp=21f0795af20f1a6a3c34569f10ac05d72e8b75b4;hpb=1d992ce905c838c2ca26fff8f2417cd31f667fd5;p=safe%2Fjmp%2Flinux-2.6 diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist index 21f0795..78a9168 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist +++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ kernel patches. CONFIG_PREEMPT. 14: If the patch affects IO/Disk, etc: has been tested with and without - CONFIG_LBD. + CONFIG_LBDAF. 15: All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled. @@ -85,3 +85,6 @@ 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: 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.