From patchwork Thu Aug 10 03:27:56 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Christopher Li X-Patchwork-Id: 9892703 Return-Path: Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org [172.30.200.125]) by pdx-korg-patchwork.web.codeaurora.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1A5D60236 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 03:27:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAD6428AAC for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 03:27:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix, from userid 486) id 9EB9228AB2; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 03:27:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on pdx-wl-mail.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.3 required=2.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.wl.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2285028AAC for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2017 03:27:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752095AbdHJD16 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Aug 2017 23:27:58 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f196.google.com ([209.85.161.196]:35595 "EHLO mail-yw0-f196.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752094AbdHJD16 (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Aug 2017 23:27:58 -0400 Received: by mail-yw0-f196.google.com with SMTP id l82so5413259ywc.2 for ; Wed, 09 Aug 2017 20:27:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=YyNYa9G15o4Ret4wAX15LHi3MLOA4dCXRBXN2D9kZr8=; b=A8IHsR26yPvTJIvhEVK27+R/6nvEv2ielCkKaqZ+VX4gRA/1jwi8w9w1hxIdQO/6uw 0IeSR8e2bXobfyi2Kuwcl7lu+VhXDju7Mp21I+Qzv+hHmAurzWWF+HEPPPVRuMWtH23z JyMk30XAkTFe/krjhCWVmr9TOEZjFxy4MLMO7/ohu9lJk869pT2KqUTT1isCgWaIViu9 skiv6eaptqPnYH2v5csWj/Ev7tWCRtTaw95VkDcQ9J9YLdeQqcu3N9msFC+XW8jqySqq 5evJ513fz/zQuQLVXWirL/s+cKNf9gQf+kp542R3sbVifS0o9A7c04IeTHCqp6inBOEk Hygw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:from:date:message-id:subject :to; bh=YyNYa9G15o4Ret4wAX15LHi3MLOA4dCXRBXN2D9kZr8=; b=IxEr3R9zHl0vkCW3sYSkgB0IfVUBTbsxbl+a45iprOTYqKW+O+/hbTIBrJo5tR8RPJ MahRUi4Zitj4ZITva2LOtqHXEVoVAeYin+kEDvwIzRV7CWfWh73GOoq0zCt31NNPu6kj SzaHcrKSoCWwWUJKlxA55iQ20tjk0bbKiTIop3gQ7sDKjz1oSb8vSqKpEamQxI6rZExU YnboUYF/AuUM4I074veB6VaQlOr6FxZq1MJPx2afwDkE89+CI/hk/szBL9AarTrGWrrf 9bqkcOU2TviVF8imdRl0wgmOHtlc0e/FMJ2+MuMkGYxMP2GH5a9ziJ6ujyubkvU2ChQ5 q2HQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AHYfb5jQs4GHxpJviftHRHvQYWJxUIQi/OGhvye9iGox3JRiWaI4Q82I 8XTMkddWsHxaX1w9dFwzHnVs2aULQM4D X-Received: by 10.129.229.4 with SMTP id s4mr8270360ywl.130.1502335677284; Wed, 09 Aug 2017 20:27:57 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.129.68.39 with HTTP; Wed, 9 Aug 2017 20:27:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Christopher Li Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2017 23:27:56 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: Uwj7cnwBXIz_JpRI9MBmhBIgRrk Message-ID: Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Adding document for sparse patch submit process To: Linux-Sparse , Luc Van Oostenryck , Dibyendu Majumdar Sender: linux-sparse-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Reference to the linux kernel patches submitting process and difference to sparse. Signed-off-by: Christopher Li --- Documentation/submitting-patches.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/submitting-patches.md + Notice that sparse is MIT License. + diff --git a/Documentation/submitting-patches.md b/Documentation/submitting-patches.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f526d44 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/submitting-patches.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Submitting patches: the sparse version +====================================== + +Sparse use a patch submit process similar to the Linux Kernel +[Submitting Patches](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.12/process/submitting-patches.html) + +This document mostly focus on the parts might be different from the Linux +Kernel submitting process. + +1. Git clone a sparse repository: + + git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git + +2. [Coding Style](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.12/process/coding-style.html) remain the same. + +2. Sign off the patch. + + The usage of the Signed-off-by tag is the same as [Linux Kernel Sign your work](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.12/process/submitting-patches.html#sign-your-work-the-developer-s-certificate-of-origin). +