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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-01-08 15:52:13 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-01-08 15:52:13 -0800 |
| commit | 1df2d017fe9d22a49bad157b4f5aa19212f29557 (patch) | |
| tree | 8907fd08c5c367067768e79b3d98af2772cfa680 /Documentation/development-process/4.Coding | |
| parent | 022992ee59e90fef719493c09988884be157fb73 (diff) | |
| parent | d5b524327b2a482dddae3839ced8f8825074730d (diff) | |
Merge branch 'docs-next' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6
* 'docs-next' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6:
Fix a typo in the development process document.
Document handling of bad memory
Document RCU and unloadable modules
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/development-process/4.Coding')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/development-process/4.Coding | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/4.Coding b/Documentation/development-process/4.Coding index 014aca8f14e..a5a3450faaa 100644 --- a/Documentation/development-process/4.Coding +++ b/Documentation/development-process/4.Coding @@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ say, this can be a large job, so it is best to be sure that the justification is solid. When making an incompatible API change, one should, whenever possible, -ensure that code which has not been updated is caught by the compiler. +ensure that code which has not been updated is caught by the compiler. This will help you to be sure that you have found all in-tree uses of that interface. It will also alert developers of out-of-tree code that there is a change that they need to respond to. Supporting out-of-tree code is not something that kernel developers need to be worried about, but we also do -not have to make life harder for out-of-tree developers than it it needs to -be. +not have to make life harder for out-of-tree developers than it needs to +be. |