Can't seem to find a maintainer for init/* files
Paulo Almeida
paulo.miguel.almeida.rodenas at gmail.com
Fri Oct 18 19:53:30 EDT 2019
> On 19/10/2019, at 11:32 AM, Greg KH <greg at kroah.com> wrote:
>
> Run scripts/get_maintainer.pl on any file and it will tell you where to
> send changes to:
> $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl --file init/do_mounts.c
> Al Viro <viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk <mailto:viro at zeniv.linux.org.uk>> (commit_signer:7/9=78%,authored:5/9=56%,added_lines:7/44=16%,removed_lines:27/32=84%)
> David Howells <dhowells at redhat.com <mailto:dhowells at redhat.com>> (commit_signer:3/9=33%,authored:2/9=22%,added_lines:5/44=11%,removed_lines:5/32=16%)
> Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org <mailto:akpm at linux-foundation.org>> (commit_signer:2/9=22%)
> Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss at loewensteinmedical.de <mailto:nikolaus.voss at loewensteinmedical.de>> (commit_signer:1/9=11%,authored:1/9=11%,added_lines:31/44=70%)
> Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de <mailto:tglx at linutronix.de>> (commit_signer:1/9=11%,authored:1/9=11%)
> linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org <mailto:linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org> (open list)
>
> But don't do janitorial cleanup on those files as a "first task". That
> is what the drivers/staging/ directory is for, don't mess with core
> kernel files unless you have experience doing kernel changes, as the
> learning curve needs to be gotten over first.
Hi Greg,
I appreciate your reply and I will take your piece of advice on what to do as the first task.
Best regards,
Paulo Almeida
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