On 19/10/2019, at 11:32 AM, Greg KH <greg@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@zeniv.linux.org.uk <mailto:viro@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@redhat.com <mailto:dhowells@redhat.com>> (commit_signer:3/9=33%,authored:2/9=22%,added_lines:5/44=11%,removed_lines:5/32=16%) Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org <mailto:akpm@linux-foundation.org>> (commit_signer:2/9=22%) Nikolaus Voss <nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de <mailto:nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de>> (commit_signer:1/9=11%,authored:1/9=11%,added_lines:31/44=70%) Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de <mailto:tglx@linutronix.de>> (commit_signer:1/9=11%,authored:1/9=11%) linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org <mailto:linux-kernel@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