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authorCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>2021-08-31 09:10:00 +0100
committerCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>2021-08-31 09:10:00 +0100
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'tip/sched/arm64' into for-next/core
* tip/sched/arm64: (785 commits) Documentation: arm64: describe asymmetric 32-bit support arm64: Remove logic to kill 32-bit tasks on 64-bit-only cores arm64: Hook up cmdline parameter to allow mismatched 32-bit EL0 arm64: Advertise CPUs capable of running 32-bit applications in sysfs arm64: Prevent offlining first CPU with 32-bit EL0 on mismatched system arm64: exec: Adjust affinity for compat tasks with mismatched 32-bit EL0 arm64: Implement task_cpu_possible_mask() sched: Introduce dl_task_check_affinity() to check proposed affinity sched: Allow task CPU affinity to be restricted on asymmetric systems sched: Split the guts of sched_setaffinity() into a helper function sched: Introduce task_struct::user_cpus_ptr to track requested affinity sched: Reject CPU affinity changes based on task_cpu_possible_mask() cpuset: Cleanup cpuset_cpus_allowed_fallback() use in select_fallback_rq() cpuset: Honour task_cpu_possible_mask() in guarantee_online_cpus() cpuset: Don't use the cpu_possible_mask as a last resort for cgroup v1 sched: Introduce task_cpu_possible_mask() to limit fallback rq selection sched: Cgroup SCHED_IDLE support sched/topology: Skip updating masks for non-online nodes Linux 5.14-rc6 lib: use PFN_PHYS() in devmem_is_allowed() ...
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@@ -228,6 +228,23 @@ before posting to the mailing list. The patchwork build bot instance
gets overloaded very easily and netdev@vger really doesn't need more
traffic if we can help it.
+netdevsim is great, can I extend it for my out-of-tree tests?
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+No, `netdevsim` is a test vehicle solely for upstream tests.
+(Please add your tests under tools/testing/selftests/.)
+
+We also give no guarantees that `netdevsim` won't change in the future
+in a way which would break what would normally be considered uAPI.
+
+Is netdevsim considered a "user" of an API?
+-------------------------------------------
+
+Linux kernel has a long standing rule that no API should be added unless
+it has a real, in-tree user. Mock-ups and tests based on `netdevsim` are
+strongly encouraged when adding new APIs, but `netdevsim` in itself
+is **not** considered a use case/user.
+
Any other tips to help ensure my net/net-next patch gets OK'd?
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Attention to detail. Re-read your own work as if you were the