From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756861AbaCDKKx (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2014 05:10:53 -0500 Received: from mail-la0-f47.google.com ([209.85.215.47]:40468 "EHLO mail-la0-f47.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756725AbaCDKKr (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Mar 2014 05:10:47 -0500 Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:08:04 +0100 From: Henrik Austad To: "Gideon D'souza" Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , kernel-mentors-owner@selenic.com Subject: Re: Is there any list for newbie bugs? Message-ID: <20140304100804.GC18178@austad.us> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 04, 2014 at 03:10:54PM +0530, Gideon D'souza wrote: > Hey All, > > In my quest for work in the linux kernel I was looking at bugs. > > While I have a general idea of the kernel (including KDB) most of the > bugs I've seen (under process management and drivers) are very > contrived to me. > > I was wondering if there is anything like a good_first_bug or > newbie_bug list anywhere? > > If not, anyone out there know any bugs a kernel toddler can try and attack? As with anything, the simple bugs tend to be removed quite quickly, I don't think many kernelhackers leave the easy bugs "just to be nice to newbies" - whenever a bug is discovered they are fixed. However, I discovered http://eudyptula-challenge.org/ a little while ago. Be warned, I haven't tested it, not sure what the challenge is like, but might as well be a good place to start. Good luck! -- Henrik Austad