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1[Some of this is taken from Frohwalt Egerer's original linux-kernel FAQ] 1[Some of this is taken from Frohwalt Egerer's original linux-kernel FAQ]
2 2
3 What follows is a suggested procedure for reporting Linux bugs. You 3What follows is a suggested procedure for reporting Linux bugs. You aren't
4aren't obliged to use the bug reporting format, it is provided as a guide 4obliged to use the bug reporting format, it is provided as a guide to the
5to the kind of information that can be useful to developers - no more. 5kind of information that can be useful to developers - no more.
6 6
7 If the failure includes an "OOPS:" type message in your log or on 7If the failure includes an "OOPS:" type message in your log or on screen
8screen please read "Documentation/oops-tracing.txt" before posting your 8please read "Documentation/oops-tracing.txt" before posting your bug
9bug report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information 9report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information to
10to make it useful to the recipient. 10make it useful to the recipient.
11
12Send the output to the maintainer of the kernel area that seems to be
13involved with the problem, and cc the relevant mailing list. Don't worry
14too much about getting the wrong person. If you are unsure send it to the
15person responsible for the code relevant to what you were doing. If it
16occurs repeatably try and describe how to recreate it. That is worth even
17more than the oops itself. The list of maintainers and mailing lists is
18in the MAINTAINERS file in this directory. If you know the file name that
19causes the problem you can use the following command in this directory to
20find some of the maintainers of that file:
11 21
12 Send the output to the maintainer of the kernel area that seems to
13be involved with the problem, and cc the relevant mailing list. Don't
14worry too much about getting the wrong person. If you are unsure send it
15to the person responsible for the code relevant to what you were doing.
16If it occurs repeatably try and describe how to recreate it. That is
17worth even more than the oops itself. The list of maintainers and
18mailing lists is in the MAINTAINERS file in this directory. If you
19know the file name that causes the problem you can use the following
20command in this directory to find some of the maintainers of that file:
21 perl scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f <filename> 22 perl scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f <filename>
22 23
23 If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed 24If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed in the
24in the MAINTAINERS file. They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure. 25MAINTAINERS file. They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure. See
25See Documentation/SecurityBugs for more information. 26Documentation/SecurityBugs for more information.
26 27
27 If you are totally stumped as to whom to send the report, send it to 28If you are totally stumped as to whom to send the report, send it to
28linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. (For more information on the linux-kernel 29linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. (For more information on the linux-kernel
29mailing list see http://www.tux.org/lkml/). 30mailing list see http://www.tux.org/lkml/).
30 31
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ list. Having a standardized bug report form makes it easier for you not to
33overlook things, and easier for the developers to find the pieces of 34overlook things, and easier for the developers to find the pieces of
34information they're really interested in. Don't feel you have to follow it. 35information they're really interested in. Don't feel you have to follow it.
35 36
36 First run the ver_linux script included as scripts/ver_linux, which 37First run the ver_linux script included as scripts/ver_linux, which
37reports the version of some important subsystems. Run this script with 38reports the version of some important subsystems. Run this script with
38the command "sh scripts/ver_linux". 39the command "sh scripts/ver_linux".
39 40