linux-kernel - [PATCH] docs: reporting-issues: move 'outdated, need help' note to proper place

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Date:   Wed,  9 Dec 2020 06:19:14 +0100
From:   Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
To:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] docs: reporting-issues: move 'outdated, need help' note to proper place

Move the 'this section is a placeholder for now and needs help by
someone with domain knowledge' note one section upwards to the place
where it belongs: the 'Decode failure messages' section.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
---
Brown paper bag fixup :-/

---
 .../admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst          | 24 +++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
index 5cbb1b5f4a52..07879d01fe68 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
@@ -923,18 +923,6 @@ instead you can join.
 Decode failure messages
 -----------------------
 
-    *If the failure includes a stack dump, like an Oops does, consider decoding
-    it to find the offending line of code.*
-
-When the kernel detects an error, it will print a stack dump that allows to
-identify the exact line of code where the issue happens. But that information
-sometimes needs to get decoded to be readable, which is explained in
-admin-guide/bug-hunting.rst.
-
-
-Special care for regressions
-----------------------------
-
 .. note::
 
    FIXME: The text in this section is a placeholder for now and quite similar to
@@ -953,6 +941,18 @@ Special care for regressions
 
 ..
 
+    *If the failure includes a stack dump, like an Oops does, consider decoding
+    it to find the offending line of code.*
+
+When the kernel detects an error, it will print a stack dump that allows to
+identify the exact line of code where the issue happens. But that information
+sometimes needs to get decoded to be readable, which is explained in
+admin-guide/bug-hunting.rst.
+
+
+Special care for regressions
+----------------------------
+
     *If your problem is a regression, try to narrow down when the issue was
     introduced as much as possible.*
 

base-commit: 547f574fd9d5e3925d47fd44decbf6ab6df94b0e
-- 
2.29.2