linux-kernel - [PATCH 04/11] docs: kernel-docs: add a reference mentioned in submitting-drivers.rst

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Date:   Mon,  4 Jul 2022 14:25:30 +0200
From:   Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...a.pv.it>,
        Alex Shi <alexs@...nel.org>,
        Yanteng Si <siyanteng@...ngson.cn>,
        Hu Haowen <src.res@...il.cn>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc-tw-discuss@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:     Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 04/11] docs: kernel-docs: add a reference mentioned in submitting-drivers.rst

One section in submitting-drivers.rst was just a collection of references
to other external documentation. All except the one added in this commit
is already mentioned in kernel-docs or other places in the kernel
documentation.

Add Arjan van de Ven's article on How to NOT write kernel driver to this
index of further kernel documentation.

Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
index b2523267ffc7..502289d63385 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
@@ -134,6 +134,20 @@ On-line docs
         describes how to write user-mode utilities for communicating with
         Card Services.
 
+    * Title: **How NOT to write kernel drivers**
+
+      :Author: Arjan van de Ven.
+      :URL: https://landley.net/kdocs/ols/2002/ols2002-pages-545-555.pdf
+      :Date: 2002
+      :Keywords: driver.
+      :Description: Programming bugs and Do-nots in kernel driver development
+      :Abstract: *Quit a few tutorials, articles and books give an introduction
+        on how to write Linux kernel drivers. Unfortunately the things one
+        should NOT do in Linux kernel code is either only a minor appendix
+        or, more commonly, completely absent. This paper tries to briefly touch
+        the areas in which the most common and serious bugs and do-nots are
+        encountered.*
+
     * Title: **Global spinlock list and usage**
 
       :Author: Rick Lindsley.
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