A small set of late-arriving, small documentation fixes.
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@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ While most applications need less than a thousand maps, certain
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programs, particularly malloc debuggers, may consume lots of them,
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e.g., up to one or two maps per allocation.
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The default value is 65536.
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The default value is 65530.
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memory_failure_early_kill:
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@ -75,44 +75,44 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
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13) Has been build- and runtime tested with and without ``CONFIG_SMP`` and
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``CONFIG_PREEMPT.``
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16) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
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14) All codepaths have been exercised with all lockdep features enabled.
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17) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/``
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15) All new ``/proc`` entries are documented under ``Documentation/``
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18) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
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16) All new kernel boot parameters are documented in
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``Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst``.
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19) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()``
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17) All new module parameters are documented with ``MODULE_PARM_DESC()``
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20) All new userspace interfaces are documented in ``Documentation/ABI/``.
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18) All new userspace interfaces are documented in ``Documentation/ABI/``.
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See ``Documentation/ABI/README`` for more information.
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Patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to
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linux-api@vger.kernel.org.
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21) Check that it all passes ``make headers_check``.
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19) Check that it all passes ``make headers_check``.
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22) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation
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20) Has been checked with injection of at least slab and page-allocation
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failures. See ``Documentation/fault-injection/``.
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If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault
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injection might be appropriate.
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23) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use
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21) Newly-added code has been compiled with ``gcc -W`` (use
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``make EXTRA_CFLAGS=-W``). This will generate lots of noise, but is good
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for finding bugs like "warning: comparison between signed and unsigned".
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24) Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure
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22) Tested after it has been merged into the -mm patchset to make sure
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that it still works with all of the other queued patches and various
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changes in the VM, VFS, and other subsystems.
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25) All memory barriers {e.g., ``barrier()``, ``rmb()``, ``wmb()``} need a
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23) All memory barriers {e.g., ``barrier()``, ``rmb()``, ``wmb()``} need a
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comment in the source code that explains the logic of what they are doing
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and why.
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26) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update
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24) If any ioctl's are added by the patch, then also update
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``Documentation/userspace-api/ioctl/ioctl-number.rst``.
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27) If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel
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25) If your modified source code depends on or uses any of the kernel
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APIs or features that are related to the following ``Kconfig`` symbols,
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then test multiple builds with the related ``Kconfig`` symbols disabled
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and/or ``=m`` (if that option is available) [not all of these at the
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@ -411,6 +411,12 @@ Some people also put extra tags at the end. They'll just be ignored for
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now, but you can do this to mark internal company procedures or just
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point out some special detail about the sign-off.
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Any further SoBs (Signed-off-by:'s) following the author's SoB are from
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people handling and transporting the patch, but were not involved in its
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development. SoB chains should reflect the **real** route a patch took
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as it was propagated to the maintainers and ultimately to Linus, with
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the first SoB entry signalling primary authorship of a single author.
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When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-developed-by:
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@ -446,7 +452,7 @@ patch. This tag documents that potentially interested parties
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have been included in the discussion.
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Co-developed-by: states that the patch was co-created by multiple developers;
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it is a used to give attribution to co-authors (in addition to the author
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it is used to give attribution to co-authors (in addition to the author
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attributed by the From: tag) when several people work on a single patch. Since
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Co-developed-by: denotes authorship, every Co-developed-by: must be immediately
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followed by a Signed-off-by: of the associated co-author. Standard sign-off
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