[PATCH 2/2] Documentation/process: Add CONFIG default value to submit-checklist

From: Darren Hart
Date: Mon Nov 20 2017 - 17:39:56 EST


From: "Darren Hart (VMware)" <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Add default value review to the submit checklist, referring to the
preference for "default n" from the previous patch added to
Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt.

Cc: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Darren Hart (VMware) <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
index a0d9d34..7d04ab3 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ and elsewhere regarding submitting Linux kernel patches.
You should be able to justify all violations that remain in
your patch.

-6) Any new or modified ``CONFIG`` options don't muck up the config menu.
+6) Any new or modified ``CONFIG`` options do not muck up the config menu and
+ default to off unless they meet the exception criteria documented in
+ ``Documentation/kbuild/kconfig-language.txt`` Menu attributes: default value.

7) All new ``Kconfig`` options have help text.

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