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diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst index c74f4a81588b..572a3289c9cb 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst @@ -437,6 +437,20 @@ in a private repository which allows interested people to easily pull the series for testing. The usual way to offer this is a git URL in the cover letter of the patch series. +Testing +^^^^^^^ + +Code should be tested before submitting to the tip maintainers. Anything +other than minor changes should be built, booted and tested with +comprehensive (and heavyweight) kernel debugging options enabled. + +These debugging options can be found in kernel/configs/x86_debug.config +and can be added to an existing kernel config by running: + + make x86_debug.config + +Some of these options are x86-specific and can be left out when testing +on other architectures. Coding style notes ------------------ |