The kernel is divided among maintainers who each own part of the tree, and a script in the tree tells you who owns the files you touched and which mailing list to copy. Sending to the wrong place means silence, not rejection. Every list is publicly archived, so you can read how similar changes were received before you send yours. Finding the right audience is half of getting a reply.
Questions this Concept answers
Why does sending a patch to the wrong mailing list usually produce silence rather than a rejection?
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List of maintainers
The Linux kernel is far too large for one person to review, so it is split into subsystems that each have an owner. This document is the tree's directory of those owners: every entry names the subsys…