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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-01-11 15:34:05 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-01-11 15:34:05 +0100 |
| commit | d19b85db9d5c44a4c21dcb10d6fbadaa4425ab2a (patch) | |
| tree | 250be7a5a29069f7d1f4524fa45ab0e988833025 /Documentation/development-process/4.Coding | |
| parent | itimers: remove the per-cpu-ish-ness (diff) | |
| parent | Linux 2.6.29-rc1 (diff) | |
| download | linux-d19b85db9d5c44a4c21dcb10d6fbadaa4425ab2a.tar.xz linux-d19b85db9d5c44a4c21dcb10d6fbadaa4425ab2a.zip | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.29-rc1' into timers/urgent
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diff --git a/Documentation/development-process/4.Coding b/Documentation/development-process/4.Coding index 014aca8f14e2..a5a3450faaa0 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. |