<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:50 AM, Pratyush Patel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pratyushpatel.1995@gmail.com" target="_blank">pratyushpatel.1995@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:15 AM, Christoph Lameter <<a href="mailto:cl@linux.com">cl@linux.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Tue, 1 Mar 2016, Pratyush Patel wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I will be pursuing my undergraduate thesis research in the field of<br>
>> real-time (operating) systems and as such, I expect to be closely<br>
>> involved with the timer and interrupt subsystems in Linux (as well as<br>
>> other areas, but to a lesser degree). I am also hoping to work with<br>
>> the hrtimer subsystem, and while going through the latest code<br>
>> (4.5-rc6) of the same, I found a very minor code-level change that<br>
>> could be incorporated (redundant #ifdef). Would such a change in a<br>
>> core kernel file be acceptable coming from a beginner? Or should I aim<br>
>> for the staging drivers first?<br>
><br>
> Dont worry about staging. There is no staing for interrupts and timers. Go<br>
> direct and post to the relevant maintainers and lkml<br>
><br>
>> I very much look forward to contributing my first patch!<br>
><br>
> love to see it.<br>
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</span>Here's the archive link: <a href="http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2165466" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2165466</a><br>
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Please do let me know in case I did something wrongly.<br>
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Awaiting for it to be accepted!<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div>Single line changes like that can be sent to Janitors mailing list.<br></div><div> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Thank you <br>Warm Regards<br>Anuz<br></div>
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