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== Checking patches for errors ==
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Basic style error checking is provided by scripts/checkpatch.pl script
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from linux kernel source tree. You might have headers or complete sources
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of linux kernel at /usr/src/. Run
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        checkpatch.pl my_patch.patch (consider --no-tree option for headers-only)
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It will produce detailed report on style problems in your patch.
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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
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        make test
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It will launch [[ZDTM_Test_Suite]]. Check for error messages produced by it.
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You may also want to run other tests(rpc, libcriu, security etc) from test/ dir.
    
== Mailing patches ==
 
== Mailing patches ==
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