From afeb000e1a0596e89174a85c96e890f4f0e802e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 09:27:00 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] REPORTING-BUGS: convert to ReST markup - add a title to the document; - use :: before verbatim blocks; - add blank lines where required; - use protocol for URL references; - use a verbatim block for the bugs template; - add cross references to SecurityBugs. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab --- REPORTING-BUGS | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/REPORTING-BUGS b/REPORTING-BUGS index 914baf9cf5fa..05c53ac7fa76 100644 --- a/REPORTING-BUGS +++ b/REPORTING-BUGS @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +.. _reportingbugs: + +Reporting bugs +++++++++++++++ + Background ========== @@ -50,12 +55,13 @@ maintainer replies to you, make sure to 'Reply-all' in order to keep the public mailing list(s) in the email thread. If you know which driver is causing issues, you can pass one of the driver -files to the get_maintainer.pl script: +files to the get_maintainer.pl script:: + perl scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed in the MAINTAINERS file. They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure. See -Documentation/SecurityBugs for more information. +:ref:`Documentation/SecurityBugs ` for more information. If you can't figure out which subsystem caused the issue, you should file a bug in kernel.org bugzilla and send email to @@ -69,8 +75,9 @@ Tips for reporting bugs If you haven't reported a bug before, please read: -http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html -http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html + http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html + + http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html It's REALLY important to report bugs that seem unrelated as separate email threads or separate bugzilla entries. If you report several unrelated @@ -99,34 +106,34 @@ relevant to your bug, feel free to exclude it. First run the ver_linux script included as scripts/ver_linux, which reports the version of some important subsystems. Run this script with -the command "sh scripts/ver_linux". +the command ``sh scripts/ver_linux``. Use that information to fill in all fields of the bug report form, and post it to the mailing list with a subject of "PROBLEM: " for easy identification by the developers. +summary from [1.]>" for easy identification by the developers:: -[1.] One line summary of the problem: -[2.] Full description of the problem/report: -[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel): -[4.] Kernel information -[4.1.] Kernel version (from /proc/version): -[4.2.] Kernel .config file: -[5.] Most recent kernel version which did not have the bug: -[6.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information - resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt) -[7.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the - problem (if possible) -[8.] Environment -[8.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here) -[8.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo): -[8.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules): -[8.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem) -[8.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root) -[8.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi) -[8.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem - (please look in /proc and include all information that you - think to be relevant): -[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds: + [1.] One line summary of the problem: + [2.] Full description of the problem/report: + [3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel): + [4.] Kernel information + [4.1.] Kernel version (from /proc/version): + [4.2.] Kernel .config file: + [5.] Most recent kernel version which did not have the bug: + [6.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information + resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt) + [7.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the + problem (if possible) + [8.] Environment + [8.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here) + [8.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo): + [8.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules): + [8.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem) + [8.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root) + [8.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi) + [8.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem + (please look in /proc and include all information that you + think to be relevant): + [X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds: Follow up @@ -153,7 +160,8 @@ Expectations for kernel maintainers Linux kernel maintainers are busy, overworked human beings. Some times they may not be able to address your bug in a day, a week, or two weeks. If they don't answer your email, they may be on vacation, or at a Linux -conference. Check the conference schedule at LWN.net for more info: +conference. Check the conference schedule at https://LWN.net for more info: + https://lwn.net/Calendar/ In general, kernel maintainers take 1 to 5 business days to respond to