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doc: dev-tools: kselftest.rst: update contributing new tests

Add a description that the kernel headers should be used as far as it is
possible and then the system headers.

Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan (Samsung OSG) <shuah@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Anders Roxell 7 жил өмнө
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@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ Contributing new tests (details)
    TEST_FILES, TEST_GEN_FILES mean it is the file which is used by
    test.
 
+ * First use the headers inside the kernel source and/or git repo, and then the
+   system headers.  Headers for the kernel release as opposed to headers
+   installed by the distro on the system should be the primary focus to be able
+   to find regressions.
+
 Test Harness
 ============