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This guide is an adapted version of the more general "Protecting Code Integrity" guide written and maintained by The Linux Foundation IT for use with open-source projects. It provides the oft-lacking guidance on the following topics: - how to properly protect one's PGP keys to minimize the risks of them being stolen and used maliciously to impersonate a kernel developer - how to configure Git to properly use GnuPG - when and how to use PGP with Git - how to verify fellow Linux Kernel developer identities I believe this document should live with the rest of the documentation describing proper processes one should follow when participating in kernel development. Placing it in a wiki on some place like kernel.org would be insufficient for a number of reasons -- primarily, because only a relatively small subset of maintainers have accounts on kernel.org, but also because even those who do rarely remember that such wiki exists. Keeping it with the rest of in-kernel docs should hopefully give it more visibility, but also help keep it up-to-date as tools and processes evolve. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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.. _process_index:
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Working with the kernel development community
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So you want to be a Linux kernel developer? Welcome! While there is a lot
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to be learned about the kernel in a technical sense, it is also important
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to learn about how our community works. Reading these documents will make
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it much easier for you to get your changes merged with a minimum of
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trouble.
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Below are the essential guides that every developer should read.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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howto
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code-of-conflict
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development-process
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submitting-patches
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coding-style
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maintainer-pgp-guide
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email-clients
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kernel-enforcement-statement
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kernel-driver-statement
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Other guides to the community that are of interest to most developers are:
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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changes
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submitting-drivers
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stable-api-nonsense
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management-style
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stable-kernel-rules
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submit-checklist
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kernel-docs
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These are some overall technical guides that have been put here for now for
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lack of a better place.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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applying-patches
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adding-syscalls
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magic-number
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volatile-considered-harmful
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.. only:: subproject and html
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Indices
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* :ref:`genindex`
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