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diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
index 3af3e65..ac5e0b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
+++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-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.
 
@@ -21,7 +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.
 
@@ -64,11 +67,13 @@ kernel patches.
 
 19: 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: Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation
-    fauilures.  See Documentation/fault-injection/.
+    failures.  See Documentation/fault-injection/.
 
     If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault
     injection might be appropriate.
@@ -81,6 +86,5 @@ kernel patches.
     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"
+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.