On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:15:18AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 02:20:08PM +0200, Oscar Carter wrote: > > Hi, my name is Oscar. I would like to get involved in the kernel self protection > > project because I love the software security and I think this is one of the most > > challenging fields. > > Hi Oscar! Welcome to the mailing list. :) Hi, thanks for the welcome. > > I have experience in microcrontrollers and working with low level software, but > > my experience with the linux kernel development is a few commits in the staging > > area. > > > > For now, and due to my low experience with the linux kernel code and software > > security, I do not care about the area and task to be done. What I pretend is to > > help this great community and improve my knowledge and skills in this > > challenging field. > > > > So, I would like to know if I can be assigned to some task that suits me. I've > > taken a look at https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues but I don't know which task > > to choose and if someone else is working on it. > > There's "good first issue" label that might help you choose things: > https://github.com/KSPP/linux/labels/good%20first%20issue I saw it, but even so it's difficult to me to choose with my knowledge about this field. Sorry. > One mostly mechanical bit of work would be this: > https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/20 > There are likely more fixes needed to build the kernel with > -Wcast-function-type (especially on non-x86 kernels). So that would let > you learn about cross-compiling, etc. > > Let us know what you think! Great. This task seems good to me. I'm already working on it but I would like to know if it's correct to compile my work against the master branch of Linus tree or if there is some other better branch and tree. > Take care, > > -- > Kees Cook Thanks for your advices and comments. Oscar Carter
