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Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:37:29 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Omer PALA <palaomer100@gmail.com>
Cc: Vaibhav Hiremath <hvaibhav.linux@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: change mutexes to guard macros
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On Sun, Sep 20, 2026 at 01:37:00PM +0300, Omer PALA wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> I thought someone (not you) can allow this.
> 
> I want to contribute kernel but i dont know what should i do.
> 
> I wrote 3 devicetree schemas, 2 performance fixes, 2 mutex/spinlock
> fixes and 1 syntax fix.
> 
> All of my work got NAK.
> 
> Can you explain me what should i do?

Try to contribute "normal" coding style cleanups for staging drivers,
ones that you know will be correct (because you can verify them), and
NOT used with any LLM tool.

thanks,

greg k-h