On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 12:56:17AM +0800, Feng Gao wrote: [...] > So I wonder How could I commit the patch to kernel directly or how to > let owner could adopt my fix directly next time? There is no "file owners" in the Linux kernel, we have subsystem maintainers that take care of entire source code sub-trees. You have to send your patches to the corresponding mailing list for that subsystem. In the specific case of Netfilter, you have to send your patches to the netfilter-devel mailing list. Make sure your patch comes with a description and a valid Signed-off-by. If the patch is not complete, you risk that it passes overlook since patchwork [1] does not register it. If your patch is a fix, you can send it anytime. If it is an enhancement, you have to check if the merge window is open. The maintainer will get back to you with some ACK/NACK feedback after some time, if you don't get any, you are free to retry. You can CC maintainers to attract their attention. You can check the MAINTAINERS under the linux tree to find the appropriate person. Regards. [1] http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/list/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
