Quotes of the week
As a result, linux-5.6, or my backport of the patches to 5.4, should
be the first release that can serve as a base for a 32-bit system designed
to run beyond year 2038, with a few remaining caveats.
— Arnd
Bergmann
IOWs, if you are starting from the premise that "I don't know this
code well enough to perform a useful review" then you are setting
yourself up for failure right at the start. Read the series
description, think about the change being made, use your experience
to answer the question "what's a mistake I could make performing
this change". Then go looking for that mistake through the
patch(es). In the process of performing this review, more than
likely, you'll notice bugs other than what you are actually looking
for...
— Dave ChinnerThis does not require any deep subsystem specific knowledge, but in doing this sort of review you're going to notice things and learn about the code and slowly build your knowledge and experience about that subsystem.
