Documentation: additions to SubmitChecklist
PATCH 1/1 Documentation: additions to SubmitChecklist
From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Add build testing using 'O=builddir'.
Add build testing with various kconfig symbols disabled, listing common ones that are known to cause build problems.
Signed-off-by Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
--- Documentation/SubmitChecklist | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
Documentation/SubmitChecklist +12 -0
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ kernel patches. 2b: Passes allnoconfig, allmodconfig +2c: Builds successfully when using O=builddir + 3: Builds on multiple CPU architectures by using local cross-compile tools or some other build farm.
@@ -95,3 +97,13 @@ kernel patches. 25: 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 + 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_HOTPLUG, CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ, + CONFIG_NET, CONFIG_INET=n (but latter with CONFIG_NET=y)