From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay.yourmailgateway.de (relay.yourmailgateway.de [188.68.63.162]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E25CB3A8725; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:33:29 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=188.68.63.162 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773750814; cv=none; b=PSm4aJqfjvT19I21E3DzWdZCcTmvtf4POtBeJY8ZfzqW98C8SGKgGBWwpAfLCag1QA9MGtnroBMdecKOU/VC8/pkQI7F9dZ5DDiC1/l/ttHf+nZ8XJqgjSz06z4K1bjVBc+IxhPOoDrNCftT7vMyhluGGN+LZCeX7HsfdtikKQw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1773750814; c=relaxed/simple; bh=/Ubtx+ApZZl9jVjU6WtLtrBxpASD5/PODvEX7hrgzvQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=kOmy2tSy6pFUVm5fc8aOfeh+Y7vGpuuteOu43IhNn2bq+e6fnWTq6N6QzqQ1PCTyHhmo5DSGagy0y/0ToZIukSKbXdc4AizqaF4ihemULhqqPxWZsPF0PcpwCqCrdsU0R2Mo/PBp6FbTJPrzwF251thMu9CYtUtFfGE9dGfIrRY= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=leemhuis.info; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=leemhuis.info; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=leemhuis.info header.i=@leemhuis.info header.b=azwEds3Q; arc=none smtp.client-ip=188.68.63.162 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=leemhuis.info Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=leemhuis.info Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=leemhuis.info header.i=@leemhuis.info header.b="azwEds3Q" Received: from mors-relay-8201.netcup.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mors-relay-8201.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4fZrwS0S8Dz44Jg; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:33:28 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=leemhuis.info; s=key2; t=1773750808; bh=/Ubtx+ApZZl9jVjU6WtLtrBxpASD5/PODvEX7hrgzvQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=azwEds3Q6hWAhQF9bduzwKNy4SGuiO9lXwtv3bruTEelytAl71jIP7kEWrv4AINHe s75RJTZnfSyXnmKC8dqWx5nN2rrqjCmoDPQCRQ8lGiJNYISFd0Y3cEZVV1UX/usjfK qYYIaHUwxNtc7bv7bcAERIWYswoC96k5kVCy3y8iHdEefB0jCZelvKNDztEoRky2Hm PmJUHmOCJBimxJ25LnC+5lYmjK8MHf1N57ufkBAdr7CrxtZLU9RXplmuqBILEfuTp0 fc3/KLDnnrORX+aO8h9mpmGxSRrOHo/+86Ppu50zcH+Y0A9r0Wznsa79a26zUaHH4N O77IOiP2StkuQ== Received: from policy02-mors.netcup.net (unknown [46.38.225.35]) by mors-relay-8201.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4fZrwR6qRBz42mC; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:33:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from mxe9fb.netcup.net (unknown [10.243.12.53]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by policy02-mors.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4fZrwR4cclz8sgW; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:33:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from luggage.fritz.box (unknown [IPv6:2a02:8108:8984:1d00:a8ad:ebd4:6fc6:160]) by mxe9fb.netcup.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 20D8B635A2; Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:33:27 +0100 (CET) Authentication-Results: mxe9fb; spf=pass (sender IP is 2a02:8108:8984:1d00:a8ad:ebd4:6fc6:160) smtp.mailfrom=linux@leemhuis.info smtp.helo=luggage.fritz.box Received-SPF: pass (mxe9fb: connection is authenticated) From: Thorsten Leemhuis To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, regressions@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH v2 3/5] docs: reporting-issues: add conclusion to the step-by-step guide Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:33:06 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-PPP-Message-ID: <177375080736.2889269.16948562741891668169@mxe9fb.netcup.net> X-Rspamd-Server: rspamd-worker-8404 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 20D8B635A2 X-NC-CID: e0xsZ0y6F9jPA24NM7G/wiOF/W0CiUXaRpzpUtwqc+DtM5KzH4A= Text based on a section Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst and slightly improved after review feedback. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis --- Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst index 9f9c5db25a6c1a..aa058b295c5f33 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst @@ -241,6 +241,20 @@ kernels regularly rebased on those. If that is the case, follow these steps: The reference section below explains each of these steps in more detail. +Conclusion of the step-by-step guide +------------------------------------ + +Did you run into trouble following the step-by-step guide not cleared up by the +reference section below? Did you spot errors? Or do you have ideas on how to +improve the guide? + +If any of that applies, please let the developers know by sending a short note +or a patch to Thorsten Leemhuis while ideally CCing the +public Linux docs mailing list . Such feedback is +vital to improve this text further, which is in everybody's interest, as it will +enable more people to master the task described here. + + Reference section: Reporting issues to the kernel maintainers ============================================================= -- 2.53.0