Contribute:Contribute

Contributing to Lustre

Getting started...

• See Finding a Project for information about how to select a project, find a bug to fix, help with Lustre testing, or contribute to the Lustre user documentation.
• Read the Lustre Contribution Policy and sign and return a Contributor Agreement.
• Join the Lustre Development mailing list for developers.

Developing your code...

• See Accessing Lustre Code for how to download Lustre code.
• See Building Lustre Code for how to install and build a working version of Lustre.
• See Applying Lustre Patches to a Kernel for how to apply Lustre patches to an unpatched kernel and how to modify an existing kernel patch.
• Follow Lustre Coding Guidelines to avoid problems when merging your code.
• Use the Lustre Documenting Code guidelines to add reference documentation to your Lustre code contribution.

Debugging and testing your code...

• See Testing Lustre Code for procedures to verify that your code works before you submit it.

Submitting your code...

• See Submitting Patches to find out how to submit your changes to be reviewed for acceptance into a mainline Lustre branch.

Developer Resources

• Lustre Design Documents provides access to presentations and design documents describing Lustre features currently under development by the Lustre engineering team.
• The Lustre Architecture Archive contains older architecture and design documents including feature and architectural descriptions, high-level design documents and detailed-level design documents.

Questions or Comments?

If you have questions or comments about how you can contribute or about any of the procedures on this page, please let us know.