Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] staging: rtl8192u: Fixing coding style issues

Joe Perches
2017-02-15T09:23:43Z

On Wed, 2017-02-15 at 13:48 +0530, SIMRAN SINGHAL wrote:
> Joe, I am new to Linux kernel and just have basic knowledge of
> C and C++.
> For doing more than checkpatches I need to explore Linux kernel more,
> so please suggest me some tasks that help me in exploring
> Linux kernel, which helps me in building the better understanding of codes,
> which I am finding difficult to understand so that I can do more than
> just checkpatch.

Linux kernel isn't a great project to learn c/c++ as
it is a relatively old, complex project without a lo
of obvious defects.

see: http://kernelnewbies.org

Make sure you read the kernel newbies lists and the
kernel process help files in Documentation/process/.

In the drivers/staging directory tree are many TODO
files. Read some of them.

List of kernel related bugs to fix:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=VERIFIED&bug_status=DEFERRED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&bugidtype=include&chfieldto=Now&cmdtype=doit&emailassigned_to1=1&emailassigned_to2=1&emailcc2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailtype1=substring&emailtype2=substring&field0-0-0=noop&kernel_version_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc_type=substring&order=Reuse%20same%20sort%20as%20last%20time&query_format=advanced&regression=both&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&type0-0-0=noop