[PATCH] SubmitChecklist update

Sing the praises of `gcc -W'.  Would have prevented that blockdev direct-IO
bug.

Cc: "Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
index 2270efa101530f8f1de58e951d9c7b4a1f6969d0..bfbb2718a2799b972fa6663ffbc0b34a7b88b999 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
+++ b/Documentation/SubmitChecklist
@@ -72,3 +72,7 @@ kernel patches.
 
     If the new code is substantial, addition of subsystem-specific fault
     injection might be appropriate.
+
+22: Newly-added code has been compiled with `gcc -W'.  This will generate
+    lots of noise, but is good for finding bugs like "warning: comparison
+    between signed and unsigned".