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Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:21:58 +0100 From: Eric Curtin <ericcurtin17@...il.com> To: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> Cc: Austin S Hemmelgarn <ahferroin7@...il.com>, Steve Calfee <stevecalfee@...il.com>, Valentina Manea <valentina.manea.m@...il.com>, shuah.kh@...sung.com, USB list <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, Kernel development list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: First kernel patch (optimization) On 16 September 2015 at 21:02, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 05:03:39PM +0100, Eric Curtin wrote: >> Hi Greg, >> >> As I said in the subject of the mail (which I have been since told I >> shouldn't have done this), I'm a noob to kernel code. I tried to pick >> off something super simple to just see what the process of getting a >> patch in is. Youtube videos and documentation only get you so far. >> >> >From reading your response, should I refrain from sending in these >> micro-optimizations in future? Getting in smaller patches is easier >> for me as I only do this in my spare time, which I don't have a lot >> of! > > micro-optimizations are great, if you can actually measure them and they > matter :) > > If you are looking for someplace to start, might I recommend the > drivers/staging/ directory? I take all sorts of "basic" cleanup > patches, and there are loads of things to do in there. Look at the > drivers/staging/*/TODO files for specific examples of what needs to be > done to get these files cleaned up and fixed properly. > > Hope this helps, > > greg k-h I have realized this now after reading http://kernelnewbies.org/FirstKernelPatch, should have done a bit more reading before I submitted something. I'm looking at the drivers/staging/android stuff now. Eric Curtin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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