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authorPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2008-10-20 11:17:52 +0900
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2008-10-20 11:17:52 +0900
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treedb3d7519932549bf528f5b8e4cb8350356cd544d /Documentation/SubmitChecklist
parent79ed2a9216dd3cc35c4f2c5dbaddadb195af83ac (diff)
parent0cfd81031a26717fe14380d18275f8e217571615 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts: Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt arch/sh/include/asm/elf.h
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@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ 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'.
@@ -83,3 +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.