Add `*.klint` to `.gitignore` • misc Related to other topics (e.g. CI). good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1192 opened Sep 30, 2025 by JCKeep
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Contribute to Rust-for-Linux/linux
Make your first contribution to this repository by tackling one of the issues listed below.
Each issue displayed here is a "good first issue," selected for its relative approachability for first-time contributors.
Good first issues
`checkpatch.pl`: introduce warning for `unwrap()` calls • misc Related to other topics (e.g. CI). good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1191 opened Sep 27, 2025 by ojeda
make use of `Zeroable` improvements • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1189 opened Sep 20, 2025 by BennoLossin
Fix "initialialized" typo in auxiliary.rs • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1187 opened Sep 14, 2025 by onur-ozkan
Support for `cfg`s in KUnit `#[test]`s good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve. medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve. • testing Related to KUnit support (`#[test]`s, rustdoc tests), selftests and other testing.
#1185 opened Sep 5, 2025 by ojeda
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add `if_cfg!` macro • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1183 opened Aug 8, 2025 by BennoLossin
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remove `MaybeUninit::uninit().assume_init()` from `cpumask.rs` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1178 opened Jul 9, 2025 by BennoLossin
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make `AlwaysRefCounted::inc_ref` an associated function • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1177 opened Jul 7, 2025 by BennoLossin
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Allow omitting the trailing comma in macros provided by the `macros` crate. • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve.
#1172 opened Jun 12, 2025 by BennoLossin
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Add `unsafe_precondition_assert!` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve. medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve.
#1162 opened Apr 29, 2025 by ojeda
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correct safety comments and documentation in `revocable.rs` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve.
#1160 opened Apr 27, 2025 by BennoLossin
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Add `overflow_assert!` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve. medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve.
#1159 opened Apr 25, 2025 by ojeda
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Change `*.rsi` targets to `*.expanded.rs` • kbuild Related to building the kernel, `make`, `Kbuild`, `Kconfig` options... good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1158 opened Apr 19, 2025 by BennoLossin
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Consider `checkpatch.pl` rule to emit a warning on `//` on top of private items • docs Related to `Documentation/rust/`, `samples/`, generated docs, doctests, typos... good first issue Good for newcomers medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve.
#1157 opened Apr 16, 2025 by ojeda
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Enable clippy lint `borrow_as_ptr` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1152 opened Mar 25, 2025 by BennoLossin
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Use `&raw [mut] place` instead of `addr_of[_mut]!(place)` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve.
#1148 opened Mar 12, 2025 by BennoLossin
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Add missing `#[inline]` markers to trivial wrappers around C functions good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1145 opened Mar 5, 2025 by Darksonn
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Implement `checkpatch.pl` check for `pr_*!` without `\n` • misc Related to other topics (e.g. CI). good first issue Good for newcomers medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve.
#1140 opened Jan 19, 2025 by ojeda
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Fix missing `\n` in printing calls such as `pr_*!` and `dev_*!` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1139 opened Jan 19, 2025 by ojeda
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The `#[must_use]` annotation is missing on `Lock::try_lock` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1133 opened Dec 4, 2024 by Darksonn
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Add a doctest for `AllocLayout::new()` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1131 opened Nov 25, 2024 by fbq
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Simplify `Result<()>` uses and implement a `checkpatch.pl` check for it • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1128 opened Nov 16, 2024 by ojeda
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Make `from_errno` use `try_from_errno` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1125 opened Oct 7, 2024 by ojeda
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Add `FromBytes::from_bytes` and `AsBytes::as_bytes` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1119 opened Sep 25, 2024 by BennoLossin
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Clean section header order, document it and implement a `checkpatch.pl` check • docs Related to `Documentation/rust/`, `samples/`, generated docs, doctests, typos... good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve. medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve.
#1116 opened Sep 13, 2024 by BennoLossin
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Clean code documentation section names and implement a `checkpatch.pl` check for it • docs Related to `Documentation/rust/`, `samples/`, generated docs, doctests, typos... good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1110 opened Sep 1, 2024 by ojeda
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Clean consecutive empty `///` lines and implement a `checkpatch.pl` check for it • docs Related to `Documentation/rust/`, `samples/`, generated docs, doctests, typos... good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1109 opened Aug 31, 2024 by ojeda
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`checkpatch.pl` warning about non-permalinks to Zulip • misc Related to other topics (e.g. CI). good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve. medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve.
#1104 opened Aug 21, 2024 by ojeda
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Replace `kernel::str::CStr` by `core::ffi::CStr` • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve.
#1075 opened Apr 12, 2024 by BennoLossin
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Other "good first issues" good first issue Good for newcomers meta Meta issue. easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve. medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve. hard Expected to be a hard issue to resolve.
#1058 opened Jan 21, 2024 by ojeda
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lib/Kconfig.debug: fix English grammar • docs Related to `Documentation/rust/`, `samples/`, generated docs, doctests, typos... good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve.
#1006 opened May 4, 2023 by ojeda
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Add missing `// SAFETY` comments • lib Related to the `rust/` library. good first issue Good for newcomers easy Expected to be an easy issue to resolve. medium Expected to be an issue of medium difficulty to resolve.
#351 opened Jun 4, 2021 by ojeda
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