linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] fork and exit: need to include iocontext.h

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Date:	Tue, 1 Jul 2008 10:34:17 +1000
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] fork and exit: need to include iocontext.h

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:33:37 +0200 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:
>
> normally there's an easy way to find out the source commit of build 
> failures. Try something like:
> 
>  git-bisect reset
>  git-bisect start
>  git-bisect good v2.6.26-rc8

More generally "git-bisect good linux-next/stable" - the stable branch is
just where I started on Linus' tree and that is always good :-)

>  git-bisect bad linux-next/master
>  git-bisect run make kernel/fork.o
> 
> ... this should lead you to the commit that broke the build 
> automatically. (as long as everyone keeps make oldconfig compatibility)

Nice, I must try this.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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