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Message-ID: <20250306180533.1864075-1-kuba@kernel.org>
Date: Thu,  6 Mar 2025 10:05:33 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: davem@...emloft.net
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	pabeni@...hat.com,
	andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
	horms@...nel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] docs: netdev: add a note on selftest posting

We haven't had much discussion on the list about this, but
a handful of people have been confused about rules on
posting selftests for fixes, lately. I tend to post fixes
with their respective selftests in the same series.
There are tradeoffs around size of the net tree and conflicts
but so far it hasn't been a major issue.

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
---
 Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
index e497729525d5..1ac62dc3a66f 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/maintainer-netdev.rst
@@ -311,6 +311,14 @@ user space patches should form separate series (threads) when posted
 Posting as one thread is discouraged because it confuses patchwork
 (as of patchwork 2.2.2).
 
+Co-posting selftests
+--------------------
+
+Selftests should be part of the same series as the code changes.
+Specifically for fixes both code change and related test should go into
+the same tree (the tests may lack a Fixes tag, which is expected).
+Mixing code changes and test changes in a single commit is discouraged.
+
 Preparing changes
 -----------------
 
-- 
2.48.1