Hi Thorsten, Thanks for this. A couple of comments. On Fri, 1 Nov 2024 07:17:06 +0100 Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Explicitly mention how to bisect -next, as nothing in the kernel tree > currently explains that bisects between -next versions won't work well > and it's better to bisect between mainline and -next. > > Co-developed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > v2: > - slightly change patch descption > - make the text more how-toish to better match the rest of the document > > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241022-doc-bisect-next-v1-1-196c0a60d554@xxxxxxxxxx/ > - initial release > --- > Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst > index 585630d14581c7..47264c199247e6 100644 > --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst > +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst > @@ -108,6 +108,27 @@ a fully reliable and straight-forward way to reproduce the regression, too.* > With that the process is complete. Now report the regression as described by > Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst. > > +Bisecting linux-next > +-------------------- > + > +If you face a problem only happening in linux-next, bisect between the > +linux-next branches 'stable' and 'master'. The following commands will start > +the process for a linux-next tree you added as a remote called 'next':: > + > + git bisect start > + git bisect good next/stable > + git bisect bad next/master > + > +The 'stable' branch refers to the state of linux-mainline the current ^ that the current > +linux-next release (found in the 'master' branch) is based on -- the former > +thus should be free of any problems that show up in -next, but not in Linus' > +tree. As you say, 'stable' only works for the current linux-next release. If you are trying to bisect a previous release, you can always find the SHA1 associated with the base of any linux-next release using "grep origin Next/SHA1s". Not sure how useful that is. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell
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