Re: [PATCH] first patch test

[Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>]

On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 04:41:27PM +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 08:42:37AM +0530, Vishal Parmar wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Vishal Parmar <vishistriker@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > index e4bcb5011360..c79dcee2213f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_driver.c
> > @@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ static int uvc_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
> >  		(const struct uvc_device_info *)id->driver_info;
> >  	int function;
> >  	int ret;
> > -
> > +        pr_info("I changed uvcvideo driver in the Linux Kernel\n");
> >  	/* Allocate memory for the device and initialize it. */
> >  	dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
> >  	if (dev == NULL)
> 
> Hi and welcome to LKML!
> 
> As others has pointed, it seems like you had sent a patch which only
> added noises to the ML. Also, I see that you send the similar change as
> one in "Modifying a driver under the VM" section of kernelnewbies.org
> [1].

Vishal, could you please point us to the exact location of the
instructions you've interpreted as telling you to send this patch out ?
I'd like to get that fixed to avoid similar noise in the future.

> If you'd like to submit patches, you can do so by contributing to
> drivers/staging/ drivers first or documentation files at Documentation/.
> It is not recommended to go outside of there until you've gained
> experience and have several of your patches accepted and applied by
> respective maintainers.
> 
> In any case, please read Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> [1]: https://kernelnewbies.org/FirstKernelPatch

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Regards,

Laurent Pinchart