The reader now users the mainline kernel and is getting closer to reporting the issue, so it's a good point to let the person recheck and optimize the notes how to reproduce the issue. It's also a good moment to make him search again for existing reports, as he might have learned something in the previous steps. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst index 2a7d13562905..c9a3491bf4db 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-bugs.rst @@ -760,6 +760,26 @@ use one of those and help their users, head over to the section "Details about reporting issues only occurring in older kernel version lines" below. +Optimize description to reproduce issue +--------------------------------------- + + *Optimize your notes: try to find and write the most straightforward way + to reproduce your issue. Make sure the end result has all the important + details, and at the same time is easy to read and understand for others + 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.* + +An unnecessarily complex report makes it quite hard for others to understand +your report later, thus try to find a reproducer that's straight forward to +describe and thus easy to understand in written form. Make it long enough and +include all important details, but at the same time try to keep it as short +as possible. + +In this in the previous steps you likely have learned a thing or two about the +issue you face. Use this knowledge and search again for existing reports +instead you can join. + + .. ############################################################################ .. Temporary marker added while this document is rewritten. Sections above .. are new and dual-licensed under GPLv2+ and CC-BY 4.0, those below are old. -- 2.26.2
