Commit e223a707 authored by Thorsten Leemhuis's avatar Thorsten Leemhuis Committed by Jonathan Corbet

docs: reporting-issues: move 'outdated, need help' note to proper place

Move the 'this section is a placeholder for now and needs help by
someone with domain knowledge' note one section upwards to the place
where it belongs: the 'Decode failure messages' section.
Signed-off-by: default avatarThorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d3894ba4a302beed661304cbcdc062c6dcfe3e58.1607489877.git.linux@leemhuis.infoSigned-off-by: default avatarJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
parent 547f574f
...@@ -923,18 +923,6 @@ instead you can join. ...@@ -923,18 +923,6 @@ instead you can join.
Decode failure messages Decode failure messages
----------------------- -----------------------
*If the failure includes a stack dump, like an Oops does, consider decoding
it to find the offending line of code.*
When the kernel detects an error, it will print a stack dump that allows to
identify the exact line of code where the issue happens. But that information
sometimes needs to get decoded to be readable, which is explained in
admin-guide/bug-hunting.rst.
Special care for regressions
----------------------------
.. note:: .. note::
FIXME: The text in this section is a placeholder for now and quite similar to FIXME: The text in this section is a placeholder for now and quite similar to
...@@ -953,6 +941,18 @@ Special care for regressions ...@@ -953,6 +941,18 @@ Special care for regressions
.. ..
*If the failure includes a stack dump, like an Oops does, consider decoding
it to find the offending line of code.*
When the kernel detects an error, it will print a stack dump that allows to
identify the exact line of code where the issue happens. But that information
sometimes needs to get decoded to be readable, which is explained in
admin-guide/bug-hunting.rst.
Special care for regressions
----------------------------
*If your problem is a regression, try to narrow down when the issue was *If your problem is a regression, try to narrow down when the issue was
introduced as much as possible.* introduced as much as possible.*
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