Ajesh js <coolajes...@gmail.com> writes: > Hi, > > I have used the btrfs filesystem in one of my projects and I have > added a small feature to it. I feel that the same feature will be > useful for others too. Hence I would like to contribute the same to > open source. > Excellent!
> If everything works fine and this feature is not already added by > somebody else, this will be my first contribution to the opensource & > I am excited to join the huge family of opensource :) > > Please help me with a precise steps to do the same. > In general the way to contribute is to send a patch for review. You should have a look at the code style guidelines[1] and patch submission guidelines[2] in the kernel tree. For nontrivial changes the patch should be accompanied by a cover letter describing the change and the motivations for any non-obvious design decisions. It is possible that your change is acceptable as-is. More likely, however, is that there will be some discussion and requests for changes. Eventually the review process will produce a merge-worthy patch. The first step, however, is sending something concrete for community review. Cheers, - Ben [1] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/CodingStyle [2] https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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