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.. raw:: latex
\renewcommand\thesection*
\renewcommand\thesubsection*
.. _process_index:
=============================================
Working with the kernel development community
=============================================
So you want to be a Linux kernel developer? Welcome! While there is a lot
to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important
to learn about how our community works. Reading these documents will make
it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of
trouble.
An introduction to how kernel development works
-----------------------------------------------
Read these documents first: an understanding of the material here will ease
your entry into the kernel community.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
howto
development-process
submitting-patches
submit-checklist
Tools and technical guides for kernel developers
------------------------------------------------
This is a collection of material that kernel developers should be familiar
with.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
changes
programming-language
coding-style
maintainer-pgp-guide
email-clients
applying-patches
backporting
adding-syscalls
volatile-considered-harmful
botching-up-ioctls
Policy guides and developer statements
--------------------------------------
These are the rules that we try to live by in the kernel community (and
beyond).
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
license-rules
code-of-conduct
code-of-conduct-interpretation
contribution-maturity-model
kernel-enforcement-statement
kernel-driver-statement
stable-api-nonsense
stable-kernel-rules
management-style
researcher-guidelines
Dealing with bugs
-----------------
Bugs are a fact of life; it is important that we handle them properly. The
documents below provide general advice about debugging and describe our
policies around the handling of a couple of special classes of bugs:
regressions and security problems.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
debugging/index
handling-regressions
security-bugs
cve
embargoed-hardware-issues
Maintainer information
----------------------
How to find the people who will accept your patches.
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
maintainer-handbooks
maintainers
Other material
--------------
Here are some other guides to the community that are of interest to most
developers:
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
kernel-docs
deprecated
.. only:: subproject and html
Indices
=======
* :ref:`genindex`
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