Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: Change mov $0, %reg with xor %reg, %reg

[Kanna Scarlet]

On 8/5/22 4:54 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2022 at 06:08:05PM +0000, Kanna Scarlet wrote:
> > Hello sir Borislav,
>
> Please, no "sir" - just Boris or Borislav,

ok, sorry

> I don't think you need to do that - you can do this one patch in order
> to go through the whole process of creating and submitting a patch but
> you should not go on a "let's convert everything" spree just for the
> sake of it.

ok, i will try to finish the process for this one patch for learning the
submitting process. After that I will avoid touching similar small
improvement and focus on real kernel bugs/issues, i'll send v2 revision
with only commit message improvement

> Because maintainers barely have time to look at patches, you don't have
> to send them more when they're not really needed.
>
> Rather, I'd suggest you go and try to fix real bugs. This has some ideas
> what to do:
>
> https://www.linux.com/news/three-ways-beginners-contribute-linux-kernel/
>
> Looking at the kernel bugzilla and trying to understand and reproduce a
> bug from there would get you a long way. And you'll learn a lot.
>
> Also, you should peruse
>
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/index.html
>
> which has a lot of information about how this whole community thing
> works.
>
> I sincerely hope that helps.
>
> Thx.

thank you for the guide, I'm following it

Regards,
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Kanna Scarlet