Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Aug 2022 23:57:19 +0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: Change mov $0, %reg with xor %reg, %reg | From | Kanna Scarlet <> |
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On 8/5/22 4:54 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Aug 04, 2022 at 06:08:05PM +0000, Kanna Scarlet wrote: >> Hello sir Borislav, > > Please, no "sir" - just Boris or Borislav,
ok, sorry
> I don't think you need to do that - you can do this one patch in order > to go through the whole process of creating and submitting a patch but > you should not go on a "let's convert everything" spree just for the > sake of it.
ok, i will try to finish the process for this one patch for learning the submitting process. After that I will avoid touching similar small improvement and focus on real kernel bugs/issues, i'll send v2 revision with only commit message improvement
> Because maintainers barely have time to look at patches, you don't have > to send them more when they're not really needed. > > Rather, I'd suggest you go and try to fix real bugs. This has some ideas > what to do: > > https://www.linux.com/news/three-ways-beginners-contribute-linux-kernel/ > > Looking at the kernel bugzilla and trying to understand and reproduce a > bug from there would get you a long way. And you'll learn a lot. > > Also, you should peruse > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/index.html > > which has a lot of information about how this whole community thing > works. > > I sincerely hope that helps. > > Thx.
thank you for the guide, I'm following it
Regards, -- Kanna Scarlet
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