From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 726F12F2C71; Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:56:04 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1750949764; cv=none; b=UcyGqtvpSL9j/ZHpYJ6oAJwn/tMz/w4+IFFEhSPw9uWGvcU/sC9Mo3c3SDbtdPjKiEPF7F7DWhZbLFfmfiDHlb3pvE8lT99iFC4/oc0ssiZ/VhvfM81TtFvBID6rsL7qrv3mjRqmIuEJCcDzG0sD61NaUekCheetc/fY04jeb5E= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1750949764; c=relaxed/simple; bh=kwigQarPwdv7elUMeHsoAvAPGoqYiG3M/o1e8eBgb7I=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=BU6BCg4yPRX8A5c6VyjW+k6uYjKOiHi/B5dr0Iyl+F5KwSYxQZx3W6yh3iHzaUVJLy9ogZpU5tPJIVBdK5AVUfQNJv3OGjZEGqRPwH7HyFkEeBUK+BOf8K07cDD1Tl8rQYuZ/Qug/MupU388pGJ3TdQXa+lSg4mFDSdc9gSuFrc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=x//+AGVh; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="x//+AGVh" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7AC42C4CEEB; Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:56:03 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1750949763; bh=kwigQarPwdv7elUMeHsoAvAPGoqYiG3M/o1e8eBgb7I=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=x//+AGVh46oucnoKR3oZDVxLSJV2P+EFPcreJlmNricURVE7IMsishL3Hq/KDX2NO 3dQarzypIjQmZ11w16mxiTtVJAy1wH5ihIxcCN0GiAk1AJ//stJrND5ID64MHJOY/R T+sGbnpkKA2Rs5JNR0PPr87jgREl8JjZlN0gxwPA= Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:55:52 +0100 From: Greg KH To: Pranav Tyagi Cc: Robert Richter , dave@stgolabs.net, jonathan.cameron@huawei.com, dave.jiang@intel.com, alison.schofield@intel.com, vishal.l.verma@intel.com, ira.weiny@intel.com, dan.j.williams@intel.com, linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ming.li@zohomail.com, peterz@infradead.org, skhan@linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] cxl/memdev: automate cleanup with __free() Message-ID: <2025062615-footpath-plank-b84f@gregkh> References: <20250623083841.364002-1-pranav.tyagi03@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel-mentees@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 08:02:10PM +0530, Pranav Tyagi wrote: > Thank you for the feedback. I understand your concerns and completely > agree with your reasoning. Please pardon my misjudgment in sending this > patch. I am still a beginner with kernel development and learning to > better assess what makes a meaningful contribution. I suggest you start in drivers/staging/ which is specifically designed for beginners to get involved without having to bother other maintainers :) thanks, greg k-h