Re: [PATCH] docs: reporting-issues.rst: explain how to decode stack traces
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Date: 2021-02-11 17:49:23
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Hi Thorsten, Just a couple of small nits (or one that is repeated): On 2/9/21 9:48 PM, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
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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@leemhuis.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.
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* 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.*
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or it could be "code that triggers"... (just not "trigger").
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~Randy