From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Logan Blyth Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:52:28 +0000 Subject: Re: Require mentoring for picking up Message-Id: <51D375CC.4060705@gmail.com> List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org I also would like help setting up a test box / getting started as a janitor. Imtiyaz beat me to an email :) On 07/02/2013 07:56 PM, Imtiyaz Hussain wrote: > Hello list, > > I have set up my test-box with help from Kumar Amit Mehta. I would > like to start kernel janitorial work and would like to take up the > below task found in TODO link ( > http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo ):- > > "...From: Hans Grobler > - audit ioctl functions to make sure there is no way a user can crash > the machine or do sensitive stuff. For example, check for the > necessary capabilities. Check that no userspace pointers are accessed > directly. be careful with this... it takes a while to figure out which > ioctls are covered by the parent ioctl function (these can be nested > to great depths)..." > > I looked at the mailing lists and found no one is working on this. > Please correct my understanding. I am new to kernel newbies, so this > is what i think before starting:- > 1. Contact Hans Grobler for starting up ? > 2. Find files with ioctl functions already implemented and do the > required assessment. > > Also, needed some advise on git branching to work on the kernel. > > Your advise will be helpful. > > Sincerely, > Immi > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html