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+== Checking patches for errors ==
+Basic style error checking is provided by scripts/checkpatch.pl script
+from linux kernel source tree. You might have headers or complete sources
+of linux kernel at /usr/src/. Run
+ checkpatch.pl my_patch.patch (consider --no-tree option for headers-only)
+It will produce detailed report on style problems in your patch.
+Make sure to fix all _errors_(some warnings may be ignored).
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+To check whether your patches don't harm anything run
+ make test
+It will launch [[ZDTM_Test_Suite]]. Check for error messages produced by it.
+You may also want to run other tests(rpc, libcriu, security etc) from test/ dir.
== Mailing patches ==
== Mailing patches ==