[LTP] [PATCH 1/1] doc/maintainer: Add policy for new functionality

[Petr Vorel]

Suggested-by: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
---
 doc/maintainer-patch-review-checklist.txt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/maintainer-patch-review-checklist.txt b/doc/maintainer-patch-review-checklist.txt
index c7bb47810..4e2b267ac 100644
--- a/doc/maintainer-patch-review-checklist.txt
+++ b/doc/maintainer-patch-review-checklist.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ New test should
   GPL-2.0-or-later; the licence for test (e.g. GPL-2.0) should not change
   unless test is completely rewritten
 * Old copyrights should be kept unless test is completely rewritten
+* Tests for new functionality in mainline kernel should be merged after final
+  release of kernel which contains that functionality (it's not enough when the
+  feature gets into rc1, because it can be reverted in later rc if problematic).
 
 ### C tests
 * Use new https://github.com/linux-test-project/ltp/wiki/Test-Writing-Guidelines#22-writing-a-test-in-c[C API]
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