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From:   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
To:     Cui Alan <AlanCui4080@outlook.com>
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Subject: Re: How can I post my patch to others
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Cui Alan <AlanCui4080@outlook.com> writes:

> Collaborators,
>
> I'm going to post a patch, but I still don't know whatever can I
> simply post the PATCH to others in the "linux-kernel" mailing
> list. It's said that I can do that to make PATCH examined by others. I
> don't want to pollute the main list.

You do not need to ask permission to post a patch.

You *do*, though, need to understand the process.  Please have a look at
Documentation/process and, in particular, submitting-patches.rst for all
the information you need.

Thanks,

jon