From a9ed3aa9b87ee41e8ab3ff471b1331c154767e45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Airlie Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:57:59 +1000 Subject: Merge tag 'drm-misc-fixes-2026-09-24' of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/drm/misc/kernel into drm-fixes A number of fixes: - bridge: - samsung-dsim: fix GPIO lifetime - client: Null pointer dereference fix - imagination: error handling fix, page handling fix - nouveau: fix reference leaks, double-frees, out-of-bounds accesses, use-after-frees, don't reject config without SCDC, a number of workarounds - virtio: fix memory leak, reference leaks, null pointer dereference, add pixel blend mode, cache coherency fix Signed-off-by: Dave Airlie From: Maxime Ripard Link: https://patch.msgid.link/arU22zzqUGDEco1y@houat --- Documentation/process/development-process.rst | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/process/development-process.rst (limited to 'Documentation/process/development-process.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/process/development-process.rst b/Documentation/process/development-process.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..e34d7da58 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/process/development-process.rst @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +.. _development_process_main: + +A guide to the Kernel Development Process +========================================= + +The purpose of this document is to help developers (and their managers) +work with the development community with a minimum of frustration. It is +an attempt to document how this community works in a way which is +accessible to those who are not intimately familiar with Linux kernel +development (or, indeed, free software development in general). While +there is some technical material here, this is very much a process-oriented +discussion which does not require a deep knowledge of kernel programming to +understand. + +.. toctree:: + :caption: Contents + :numbered: + :maxdepth: 2 + + 1.Intro + 2.Process + 3.Early-stage + 4.Coding + 5.Posting + 6.Followthrough + 7.AdvancedTopics + 8.Conclusion -- cgit v1.3.1