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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-01-08 18:52:13 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-01-08 18:52:13 -0500
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parentd5b524327b2a482dddae3839ced8f8825074730d (diff)
Merge branch 'docs-next' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6
* 'docs-next' of git://git.lwn.net/linux-2.6: Fix a typo in the development process document. Document handling of bad memory Document RCU and unloadable modules
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@@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ say, this can be a large job, so it is best to be sure that the
375justification is solid. 375justification is solid.
376 376
377When making an incompatible API change, one should, whenever possible, 377When making an incompatible API change, one should, whenever possible,
378ensure that code which has not been updated is caught by the compiler. 378ensure that code which has not been updated is caught by the compiler.
379This will help you to be sure that you have found all in-tree uses of that 379This will help you to be sure that you have found all in-tree uses of that
380interface. It will also alert developers of out-of-tree code that there is 380interface. It will also alert developers of out-of-tree code that there is
381a change that they need to respond to. Supporting out-of-tree code is not 381a change that they need to respond to. Supporting out-of-tree code is not
382something that kernel developers need to be worried about, but we also do 382something that kernel developers need to be worried about, but we also do
383not have to make life harder for out-of-tree developers than it it needs to 383not have to make life harder for out-of-tree developers than it needs to
384be. 384be.