Re: testcases, was Re: -mm merge plans for 2.6.23 -- sys_fallocate

From: Michael Kerrisk
Date: Wed Jul 11 2007 - 06:37:10 EST



> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 11:41:19AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> >>I'd support an ununofficial rule that submitters of new syscalls also
> >> raise a patch against LTP, come to that...
> >
> >
> > s/ununofficial//, please. And extend this to every new kernel interface
> > that's not bound to a specific piece of hardware.
>
> Agree, and cc manpages maintainer too? (preferably write most
> of the manpage body as well, IMO).

Yes, please. Docs written by, or with input from, the implementer
provide one of the few ways for everyone else to spot differences
between implementation and intention.
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