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[net] netdev-FAQ: answer some questions about the patchwork checks

Message ID 20210209203409.1716847-1-kuba@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [net] netdev-FAQ: answer some questions about the patchwork checks | expand

Checks

Context Check Description
netdev/cover_letter success Link
netdev/fixes_present success No Fixes tags, but series doesn't touch code
netdev/patch_count success Link
netdev/tree_selection success Clearly marked for net
netdev/subject_prefix success Link
netdev/cc_maintainers warning 2 maintainers not CCed: corbet@lwn.net linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
netdev/source_inline success Was 0 now: 0
netdev/verify_signedoff success Link
netdev/module_param success Was 0 now: 0
netdev/build_32bit success Errors and warnings before: 0 this patch: 0
netdev/kdoc success Errors and warnings before: 0 this patch: 0
netdev/verify_fixes success Link
netdev/checkpatch success total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 checks, 22 lines checked
netdev/build_allmodconfig_warn success Errors and warnings before: 0 this patch: 0
netdev/header_inline success Link
netdev/stable success Stable not CCed

Commit Message

Jakub Kicinski Feb. 9, 2021, 8:34 p.m. UTC
Point out where patchwork bot's code lives, and that we don't want
people posting stuff that doesn't build.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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 Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst
index ae2ae37cd921..a64c01b52b4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.rst
@@ -272,6 +272,22 @@  user space patches should form separate series (threads) when posted
 Posting as one thread is discouraged because it confuses patchwork
 (as of patchwork 2.2.2).
 
+Can I reproduce the checks from patchwork on my local machine?
+--------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Checks in patchwork are mostly simple wrappers around existing kernel
+scripts, the sources are available at:
+
+https://github.com/kuba-moo/nipa/tree/master/tests
+
+Running all the builds and checks locally is a pain, can I post my patches and have the patchwork bot validate them?
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+No, you must ensure that your patches are ready by testing them locally
+before posting to the mailing list. The patchwork build bot instance
+gets overloaded very easily and netdev@vger really doesn't need more
+traffic if we can help it.
+
 Any other tips to help ensure my net/net-next patch gets OK'd?
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