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[Some of this is taken from Frohwalt Egerer's original linux-kernel FAQ] |
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What follows is a suggested procedure for reporting Linux bugs. You |
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aren't obliged to use the bug reporting format, it is provided as a guide |
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to the kind of information that can be useful to developers - no more. |
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If the failure includes an "OOPS:" type message in your log or on |
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screen please read "Documentation/oops-tracing.txt" before posting your |
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bug report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information |
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to make it useful to the recipient. |
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Send the output to the maintainer of the kernel area that seems to |
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be involved with the problem, and cc the relevant mailing list. Don't |
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worry too much about getting the wrong person. If you are unsure send it |
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to the person responsible for the code relevant to what you were doing. |
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If it occurs repeatably try and describe how to recreate it. That is |
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worth even more than the oops itself. The list of maintainers and |
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mailing lists is in the MAINTAINERS file in this directory. If you |
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know the file name that causes the problem you can use the following |
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command in this directory to find some of the maintainers of that file: |
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perl scripts/get_maintainer.pl -f <filename> |
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If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed |
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in the MAINTAINERS file. They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure. |
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See Documentation/SecurityBugs for more information. |
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If you are totally stumped as to whom to send the report, send it to |
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linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org. (For more information on the linux-kernel |
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mailing list see http://www.tux.org/lkml/). |
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This is a suggested format for a bug report sent to the Linux kernel mailing |
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list. Having a standardized bug report form makes it easier for you not to |
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overlook things, and easier for the developers to find the pieces of |
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information they're really interested in. Don't feel you have to follow it. |
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First run the ver_linux script included as scripts/ver_linux, which |
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reports the version of some important subsystems. Run this script with |
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the command "sh scripts/ver_linux". |
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Use that information to fill in all fields of the bug report form, and |
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post it to the mailing list with a subject of "PROBLEM: <one line |
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summary from [1.]>" for easy identification by the developers. |
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[1.] One line summary of the problem: |
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[2.] Full description of the problem/report: |
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[3.] Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel): |
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[4.] Kernel information |
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[4.1.] Kernel version (from /proc/version): |
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[4.2.] Kernel .config file: |
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[5.] Most recent kernel version which did not have the bug: |
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[6.] Output of Oops.. message (if applicable) with symbolic information |
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resolved (see Documentation/oops-tracing.txt) |
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[7.] A small shell script or example program which triggers the |
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problem (if possible) |
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[8.] Environment |
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[8.1.] Software (add the output of the ver_linux script here) |
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[8.2.] Processor information (from /proc/cpuinfo): |
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[8.3.] Module information (from /proc/modules): |
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[8.4.] Loaded driver and hardware information (/proc/ioports, /proc/iomem) |
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[8.5.] PCI information ('lspci -vvv' as root) |
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[8.6.] SCSI information (from /proc/scsi/scsi) |
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[8.7.] Other information that might be relevant to the problem |
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(please look in /proc and include all information that you |
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think to be relevant): |
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[X.] Other notes, patches, fixes, workarounds: |
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Thank you
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