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authorJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu>2008-02-07 00:13:40 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2008-02-07 08:42:17 -0800
commit3ab32df72bfa7bee9126cc5b1abc037aef124f15 (patch)
tree6237f92ea14275754e3ad697ce8382baccaa88e7
parent9b8eae7248dad42091204f83ed3448e661456af1 (diff)
REPORTING-BUGS: cc the mailing list too
People should also cc relevant mailing lists when reporting bugs. Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@citi.umich.edu> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ bug report. This explains what you should do with the "Oops" information
to make it useful to the recipient.
Send the output to the maintainer of the kernel area that seems to
-be involved with the problem. Don't worry too much about getting the
-wrong person. If you are unsure send it to the person responsible for the
-code relevant to what you were doing. If it occurs repeatably try and
-describe how to recreate it. That is worth even more than the oops itself.
-The list of maintainers is in the MAINTAINERS file in this directory.
+be involved with the problem, and cc the relevant mailing list. Don't
+worry too much about getting the wrong person. If you are unsure send it
+to the person responsible for the code relevant to what you were doing.
+If it occurs repeatably try and describe how to recreate it. That is
+worth even more than the oops itself. The list of maintainers and
+mailing lists is in the MAINTAINERS file in this directory.
If it is a security bug, please copy the Security Contact listed
in the MAINTAINERS file. They can help coordinate bugfix and disclosure.