From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (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 3D4DA33FE0A; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:53:57 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774889638; cv=none; b=h/WrJGdmeL09Fd9H5+w9Df1ghP7kU9TqFtb1CrkwBc+fbnbHBvtCsb1E7jLmistd1QP/yrrfJFez2RfPW32xWBWoE+aMnBtw6VHe1ZrNoZRa/lTRVhwl9TXYMLyUn137+anwlt294D/B636ZFqPouMhmKBWvrhof9eGmbJdOwuo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774889638; c=relaxed/simple; bh=2cOYBHn2kmfAIiNxePey5UpFg/GNt+E9b3CP01F1QGA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=tHpgWi1jA+xaxd0uILJvw9UiOmKtEhnrRtszWvOiW9w45rbTKaMDyNntNPKIS2zjIpkwxRUKeGK7//SUe6ciLOtE1BSZUR4yjBghZWyAAuJgTgmfL/Jsj2IhXdFBHI3LH98kvGgS4R+LuzQYlWxQldnHe/S1igW9nMNFvArLvkQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=ohqEfcYT; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="ohqEfcYT" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 85A39411C2 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1774889636; bh=T99KaSNXcaiHtwDowAaMWJ1WB4iapdC+e1FZRJwp3Nk=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=ohqEfcYTGyiTn2S9tEO0fiBKFIPp9uXEKBTCGz27zwBMrq3vzJH8MERIu/fHqtn57 sB0lbJP/Rf+eo2x9VyPSyJYmr0oBEMv8AmBp5nZ91D/rHqUozoUtXIfRnz/mNA4zG7 CFZ10+M9pc1AzwL/a2dVobhCoyallCuVgzSUGOub9x8XAsLKEAd8RXIm11S1rja8bb nDEQxxfPVsGse9ePUc51y25OVI9bEemZb40m6A2rqWwLE3CoRKyTIVXkxxmqUP10XP euv9BlH4ciU177OYsWNiH2RD2ign1n+t9vC2893ERc2lNkkAWW8DK7vmW+ABFxudTr FXisdrjSU5Vzw== Received: from localhost (mdns.lwn.net [45.79.72.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 85A39411C2; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:53:56 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: Bhaskar Chowdhury , skhan@linuxfoundation.org, workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Bhaskar Chowdhury Subject: Re: [PATCH] Doc: process: Added two important books for Linux Kernel programming and development In-Reply-To: <20260328074745.2309736-1-unixbhaskar@gmail.com> References: <20260328074745.2309736-1-unixbhaskar@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:53:55 -0600 Message-ID: <87341hntr0.fsf@trenco.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Bhaskar Chowdhury writes: > These books are very well written and enhance the understanding of the process. > > Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury > --- > Documentation/process/howto.rst | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/process/howto.rst b/Documentation/process/howto.rst > index 9438e03d6f50..c5164a27fc1a 100644 > --- a/Documentation/process/howto.rst > +++ b/Documentation/process/howto.rst > @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ experience, the following books are good for, if anything, reference: > - "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie [Prentice Hall] > - "Practical C Programming" by Steve Oualline [O'Reilly] > - "C: A Reference Manual" by Harbison and Steele [Prentice Hall] > - > + - "Linux System Programming" by Robert Love [O'Reilly] > + - "Linux Kernel Development" By Robert Love [Pearson] > The kernel is written using GNU C and the GNU toolchain. While it Adding mention of those books might well be a good thing to do, but you're adding them in the middle of a section that is talking about C programming specifically. It doesn't make much sense to put them there. Thanks, jon