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docs: bug-bisect: add a note about bisecting -next
Explicitly mention how to bisect -next, as nothing in the kernel tree currently explains that bisects between -next versions won't work well and it's better to bisect between mainline and -next. Co-developed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ec19d5fc503ff7db3d4c4ff9e97fff24cc78f72a.1730808651.git.linux@leemhuis.info
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With that the process is complete. Now report the regression as described by
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Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst.
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Bisecting linux-next
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If you face a problem only happening in linux-next, bisect between the
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linux-next branches 'stable' and 'master'. The following commands will start
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the process for a linux-next tree you added as a remote called 'next'::
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git bisect start
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git bisect good next/stable
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git bisect bad next/master
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The 'stable' branch refers to the state of linux-mainline that the current
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linux-next release (found in the 'master' branch) is based on -- the former
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thus should be free of any problems that show up in -next, but not in Linus'
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tree.
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This will bisect across a wide range of changes, some of which you might have
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used in earlier linux-next releases without problems. Sadly there is no simple
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way to avoid checking them: bisecting from one linux-next release to a later
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one (say between 'next-20241020' and 'next-20241021') is impossible, as they
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share no common history.
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Additional reading material
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Additional reading material
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