On 2014.11.02 16:39, Sunil Shahu wrote: > Hello, > > I was going through kernel source and found out that I can work on staging area for fixes. Hello, that's ok. Many people start there. > I have generated a patch for coding style fixes. > > I have few questions about how do submit my patch and to whom. > > 1) Is it ok if I send it directly to Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, who seems to be signing off all the patches in that directory as per git log. Use scripts/get_maintainer.pl. It will tell you where to send your patch. Always cc a mailing list because kernel development happens in public. Also, limit your line text to 72 characters in your e-mail messages. > 2) What is the standard procedure to submit my patch after I have verified it. Whom do I send it? How do I get it review? How to get it merged in mainline? There are various ways to test your patch but at least it must not break the build and also pass checkpatch.pl tests. If not, you should be able to defend against the errors/warnings/etc. it issues. It is not always right. For the other questions: there is helpful documentation about submitting patches and about how kernel is developed in Documentation/development-process/ and also there is Documentation/SubmittingPatches. For starters many people recommend doing the eudyptula challenge. Check it out if you haven't heard about it. Hopefully this will be helpful, Giedrius _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
