linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: reporting-issues.rst: explain how to decode stack traces

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Message-ID: <bd9a3e43-d52f-d947-04bc-28d4cc524cb4@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 11 Feb 2021 09:07:05 -0800
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>,
        Damian Tometzki <linux@...etzki.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: reporting-issues.rst: explain how to decode stack
 traces

Hi Thorsten,

Just a couple of small nits (or one that is repeated):

On 2/9/21 9:48 PM, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Replace placeholder text about decoding stack traces with a section that
> properly describes what a typical user should do these days. To make
> it works for them, add a paragraph in an earlier section to ensure
> people build their kernels with everything that's needed to decode stack
> traces later.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@...mhuis.info>
> ---
>  .../admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst          | 77 +++++++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
> index 07879d01fe68..b9c07d8e3141 100644
> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst
> @@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ After these preparations you'll now enter the main part:
>     that hear about it for the first time. And if you learned something in this
>     process, consider searching again for existing reports about the issue.
>  
> - * If the failure includes a stack dump, like an Oops does, consider decoding
> -   it to find the offending line of code.
> + * If your failure involves a 'panic', 'oops', or 'warning', consider decoding
> +   the kernel log to find the line of code that trigger the error.

                                                   triggered

>  
>   * If your problem is a regression, try to narrow down when the issue was
>     introduced as much as possible.
> @@ -869,6 +869,15 @@ pick up the configuration of your current kernel and then tries to adjust it
>  somewhat for your system. That does not make the resulting kernel any better,
>  but quicker to compile.
>  
>  
>  Check 'taint' flag
>  ------------------
> @@ -923,31 +932,55 @@ instead you can join.
>  Decode failure messages
>  -----------------------
>  
> -.. note::
> +    *If your failure involves a 'panic', 'oops', or 'warning', consider
> +    decoding the kernel log to find the line of code that trigger the error.*

                                                             triggered


or it could be "code that triggers"... (just not "trigger").


-- 
~Randy