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Message-ID: <2025062615-footpath-plank-b84f@gregkh>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:55:52 +0100
From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Pranav Tyagi <pranav.tyagi03@...il.com>
Cc: Robert Richter <rrichter@....com>, dave@...olabs.net,
	jonathan.cameron@...wei.com, dave.jiang@...el.com,
	alison.schofield@...el.com, vishal.l.verma@...el.com,
	ira.weiny@...el.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
	linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	ming.li@...omail.com, peterz@...radead.org,
	skhan@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cxl/memdev: automate cleanup with __free()

On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 08:02:10PM +0530, Pranav Tyagi wrote:
> Thank you for the feedback. I understand your concerns and completely
> agree with your reasoning. Please pardon my misjudgment in sending this
> patch. I am still a beginner with kernel development and learning to
> better assess what makes a meaningful contribution.

I suggest you start in drivers/staging/ which is specifically designed
for beginners to get involved without having to bother other maintainers :)

thanks,

greg k-h