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| author | Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> | 2012-09-12 11:14:33 -0400 |
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| committer | Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> | 2012-09-12 11:14:33 -0400 |
| commit | 25a765b7f05cb8460fa01b54568894b20e184862 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b56db57b4d9f912393ab303c269e0fe6cdf8635 /Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches | |
| parent | 9d2be9287107695708e6aae5105a8a518a6cb4d0 (diff) | |
| parent | 64282278989d5b0398dcb3ba7904cb00c621dc35 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'x86/platform' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip into stable/for-linus-3.7
* 'x86/platform' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (9690 commits)
x86: Document x86_init.paging.pagetable_init()
x86: xen: Cleanup and remove x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_done()
x86: Move paging_init() call to x86_init.paging.pagetable_init()
x86: Rename pagetable_setup_start() to pagetable_init()
x86: Remove base argument from x86_init.paging.pagetable_setup_start
Linux 3.6-rc5
HID: tpkbd: work even if the new Lenovo Keyboard driver is not configured
Remove user-triggerable BUG from mpol_to_str
xen/pciback: Fix proper FLR steps.
uml: fix compile error in deliver_alarm()
dj: memory scribble in logi_dj
Fix order of arguments to compat_put_time[spec|val]
xen: Use correct masking in xen_swiotlb_alloc_coherent.
xen: fix logical error in tlb flushing
xen/p2m: Fix one-off error in checking the P2M tree directory.
powerpc: Don't use __put_user() in patch_instruction
powerpc: Make sure IPI handlers see data written by IPI senders
powerpc: Restore correct DSCR in context switch
powerpc: Fix DSCR inheritance in copy_thread()
powerpc: Keep thread.dscr and thread.dscr_inherit in sync
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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches index 86f42e8e9e4..790f774a303 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/submitting-patches @@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ increase the chances of your change being accepted. review more difficult. It may also result in code which is more complicated than necessary. Use inline functions or just regular functions instead. +* Use devres functions whenever possible to allocate resources. For rationale + and supported functions, please see Documentation/driver-model/devres.txt. + * If the driver has a detect function, make sure it is silent. Debug messages and messages printed after a successful detection are acceptable, but it must not print messages such as "Chip XXX not found/supported". |