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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2009-08-18 17:11:18 -0400 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-08-18 19:31:13 -0400 |
| commit | 503f7944fac68f4fdf71f8ebd06907f51eb64515 (patch) | |
| tree | cf624d071415a075056c0a3bc8bb94a26fbea893 | |
| parent | 28d7a6ae92c099d81cbea08c20be0d2cf7ccd7ca (diff) | |
REPORTING-BUGS: add get_maintainer.pl blurb
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | REPORTING-BUGS | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/REPORTING-BUGS b/REPORTING-BUGS index ab0c56630a8c..55a6074ccbb7 100644 --- a/REPORTING-BUGS +++ b/REPORTING-BUGS | |||
| @@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ worry too much about getting the wrong person. If you are unsure send it | |||
| 15 | to the person responsible for the code relevant to what you were doing. | 15 | to the person responsible for the code relevant to what you were doing. |
| 16 | If it occurs repeatably try and describe how to recreate it. That is | 16 | If it occurs repeatably try and describe how to recreate it. That is |
| 17 | worth even more than the oops itself. The list of maintainers and | 17 | worth even more than the oops itself. The list of maintainers and |
| 18 | mailing lists is in the MAINTAINERS file in this directory. | 18 | mailing lists is in the MAINTAINERS file in this directory. If you |
| 19 | know the file name that causes the problem you can use the following | ||
| 20 | command in this directory to find some of the maintainers of that file: | ||
| 21 | perl scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f <filename> | ||
| 19 | 22 | ||
| 20 | If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed | 23 | If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed |
| 21 | in the MAINTAINERS file. They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure. | 24 | in the MAINTAINERS file. They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure. |