Seeking janitor beginner tasks

Seeking janitor beginner tasks

[Kalyani patra]

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

Re: Seeking janitor beginner tasks

[Ziran Zhang]

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