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Documentation / kvm / review-checklist.txt


Based on kernel version 2.6.39.1. Page generated on 2011-06-03 13:47 EST.

1	Review checklist for kvm patches
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4	1.  The patch must follow Documentation/CodingStyle and
5	    Documentation/SubmittingPatches.
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7	2.  Patches should be against kvm.git master branch.
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9	3.  If the patch introduces or modifies a new userspace API:
10	    - the API must be documented in Documentation/kvm/api.txt
11	    - the API must be discoverable using KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION
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13	4.  New state must include support for save/restore.
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15	5.  New features must default to off (userspace should explicitly request them).
16	    Performance improvements can and should default to on.
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18	6.  New cpu features should be exposed via KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID2
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20	7.  Emulator changes should be accompanied by unit tests for qemu-kvm.git
21	    kvm/test directory.
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23	8.  Changes should be vendor neutral when possible.  Changes to common code
24	    are better than duplicating changes to vendor code.
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26	9.  Similarly, prefer changes to arch independent code than to arch dependent
27	    code.
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29	10. User/kernel interfaces and guest/host interfaces must be 64-bit clean
30	    (all variables and sizes naturally aligned on 64-bit; use specific types
31	    only - u64 rather than ulong).
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33	11. New guest visible features must either be documented in a hardware manual
34	    or be accompanied by documentation.
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36	12. Features must be robust against reset and kexec - for example, shared
37	    host/guest memory must be unshared to prevent the host from writing to
38	    guest memory that the guest has not reserved for this purpose.
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