From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-m16.yeah.net (mail-m16.yeah.net [220.197.32.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 228C023507B for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 08:25:15 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=220.197.32.19 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1781079921; cv=none; b=iUiBJ4KGd56jyXPXcWGgXhtRcp5oCw48uNW5QaWrxN0e3KwTBiaFiZUdMBsKF+kXjfs+pJMVG13EdnALbsK2A/cMUTpCyU5NKwts9CqucaBJBrsms5w9dccf43TaZkft3eRoZkbYVrr3fEqKtrWk/TkaOIb/2wm4aByEWQrzfak= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1781079921; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Q1aLiqvcZDHuzaVTIEpNY+4GR4dMo3MFSw+WfQlB+oQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=C/Dd9qhwvOltbkJNfE2llqwAYu26X+Kl1xTzJAr2ERS78U0F+FRKJt/fyAGgKL5QG668jwXIUPz/vXdZxv0Co4cDVgbcCETH83P/j10PFnm/ZvsXzNPmklRD0pyIcZFNTQDANFo9l8Yp5wVs3P6sUGLp0cuy0ahzp2LX8vLflMA= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=yeah.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=yeah.net; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=yeah.net header.i=@yeah.net header.b=lB4h/7aA; arc=none smtp.client-ip=220.197.32.19 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=yeah.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=yeah.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=yeah.net header.i=@yeah.net header.b="lB4h/7aA" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yeah.net; s=s110527; h=From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; bh=Q1 aLiqvcZDHuzaVTIEpNY+4GR4dMo3MFSw+WfQlB+oQ=; b=lB4h/7aAdxeGaHaN42 nOReJgqxkbjPcEMvBD0hQ4SPLeVG/1pG+23wl6GNonZB1YoFC9LDtrRQgcGD/LlL QfkqbQwZPo/ZVTzyY++7nxiMmDExE27cUAl6EoULG0jSM6punn0Z+9Cvw0GQq7Jm XpEfoS+uAQiZuc0avoj/9VhO0= Received: from zhang.. (unknown []) by gzsmtp3 (Coremail) with UTF8SMTPSA id M88vCgD3f1xbHylq98LzAQ--.7858S4; Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:25:01 +0800 (CST) From: Ziran Zhang To: kalyanipatra2003@gmail.com Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, Ziran Zhang Subject: Re: Seeking janitor beginner tasks Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:24:34 +0800 Message-ID: <20260610082434.4170-1-zhangcoder@yeah.net> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CM-TRANSID:M88vCgD3f1xbHylq98LzAQ--.7858S4 X-Coremail-Antispam: 1Uf129KBjvdXoW7GF1rWF47Aw4UWFy5ury8Xwb_yoWDtrc_u3 ykt3sFgrW8AFWDAr45GF4YkrZayrWDWry8JryF9ayUX3y7Zws3GFs5Kr9rZwn8Jw4vkFn8 W3ZrZ34xuw1avjkaLaAFLSUrUUUUjb8apTn2vfkv8UJUUUU8Yxn0WfASr-VFAUDa7-sFnT 9fnUUvcSsGvfC2KfnxnUUI43ZEXa7xR_UUUUUUUUU== X-CM-SenderInfo: x2kd0wpfrgv2o61htxgoqh3/1tbiOB7DhGopH14nsgAA32 On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 17:29:56 +0530, Kalyani patra wrote: > Hello, > I recently started learning Linux kernel development and would like to > contribute for the first time. I wanted to ask if there are any > beginner-friendly tasks, janitor issues, or recommended places where > junior/new contributors can find suitable work. I've been routed to > tools/testing/selftests by linux-newbie. While I'm looking into it, if > there are any cleaning tasks that I can take on, I'd be glad to > contribute to it and learn more progressively. > I apologize if this question has been asked before. > Thank you for your time and guidance. > Best regards, > Kalyani Patra Hi Kalyani, Welcome! You can start with these simple tasks: - Fix spelling mistakes in comments. - Add const to static structures. - Use ARRAY_SIZE() instead of hardcoded numbers. You can visit https://lore.kernel.org/kernel-janitors/ to see how others do it. Use scripts/checkpatch.pl on your changes. Before sending a patch, make sure your changes compile successfully. Regards, Ziran Zhang