From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms.lwn.net (ms.lwn.net [45.79.88.28]) (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 E0ADA679F8; Sun, 3 Mar 2024 15:39:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1709480367; cv=none; b=hppNIzHjVcNfPoWNDAZxJnAUB/kwLDKdA0chOSP9wipEsz5bVve3hxUxMLjhaBdttNPW4GeIl93TzKGSe+IFxnqlP1cMek3chPk96z9XQtfR2NYBEYP+MYWWhmbkU37OohwUF7MSVz2jO00LhsW5kazypm043H+4pqEti2V2P8g= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1709480367; c=relaxed/simple; bh=XplKrTH6YCJ0IDOk3BxUgRV0HbH1Oa6kx9jBhsTY1uo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ZLzJzt+5eU9DdLh1WS+/h1J+Zpbba+vC9XjG/yWMiD3D+BuhX7Izn0dShKFxutRdNBm//NTfa/rXSHPmqb89bi9fk/T9N2Ynfs+eFYjjqptiHYdsaTfx95HvDc1AEeLkkanAD2pFk1AmsqcoNp0TisDEq6RdkN9ZIBD3bGbt2Xw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b=iW5D5N8O; arc=none smtp.client-ip=45.79.88.28 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=lwn.net Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lwn.net header.i=@lwn.net header.b="iW5D5N8O" DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 ms.lwn.net 14842418B6 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lwn.net; s=20201203; t=1709480365; bh=2x/tLZ3JXMv1iZzytZCA40HbTYsn9biwz7yj7+QKAfI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=iW5D5N8Ozt603G6lHabiIUwnENIUKvd4XgYYIXGyjb9WNOq3wYg/8QwWcaratpdc6 QHSDf2B1Yol6VPLqti27g3rjFCs/qj7SunnOqt3X6skEVNT4Y5KCsPgtdlB/00wD6n uAO0TZ9jZwV/XzeZNFFmENYbvFt2e4s3fYcgflNzZdmD/Csxvxn+/CrQbmob7BTqun xdvcCD5sXUIJ6VoQsRgnwhBkaQtlE5Dr7HZP5rjfk4eh3fVvGrDhRdDAJpypXGNms4 c+jFWsOL0MieaGC1BaJ6LQRUqGflDwFVC7sNPFzWTF8fmJrHqbKXV3870kcN7NPyO2 77ImQyoqJ1NfA== Received: from localhost (mdns.lwn.net [45.79.72.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by ms.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 14842418B6; Sun, 3 Mar 2024 15:39:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Jonathan Corbet To: "Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)" Cc: regressions@lists.linux.dev, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Bagas Sanjaya , Nathan Chancellor , Petr =?utf-8?B?VGVzYcWZw61r?= , Vegard Nossum , Jani Nikula Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: new text on bisecting which also covers bug validation In-Reply-To: <6d282271-25fa-4ed9-9748-df3705f9d5fb@leemhuis.info> References: <02b084a06de4ad61ac4ecd92b9265d4df4d03d71.1709282441.git.linux@leemhuis.info> <6d282271-25fa-4ed9-9748-df3705f9d5fb@leemhuis.info> Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2024 08:39:24 -0700 Message-ID: <878r2zz5n7.fsf@meer.lwn.net> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain "Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)" writes: > On 01.03.24 09:41, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: >> Add a second document on bisecting regressions explaining the whole >> process from beginning to end -- while also describing how to validate >> if a problem is still present in mainline. This "two in one" approach >> is possible, as checking whenever a bug is in mainline is one of the >> first steps before performing a bisection anyway and thus needs to be >> described. Due to this approach the text also works quite nicely in >> conjunction with Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst, as it >> covers all typical cases where users will need to build a kernel in >> exactly the same order. >> [...] >> diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst >> index ed8a629e59c86a..c53bb6e36291b8 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst >> +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/index.rst >> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ >> -================================================= > > Just saw that, that line obviously was not meant to be removed. Sorry. > > Jonathan, in case you consider merging this "soon", as suggested > yesterday by Vegard, could you please fix this up? Otherwise I'll fix > this with v3. I've applied the patch and undone the little change, no need for a v3. Thanks, jon