From e223a707ad84a1b45704e02220ea0cfe1b9cfbdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 06:19:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] docs: reporting-issues: move 'outdated, need help' note to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@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/d3894ba4a302beed661304cbcdc062c6dcfe3e58.1607489877.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
---
.../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 5cbb1b5f4a52d..07879d01fe685 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.*
--
2.30.2