Documentation/admin-guide/bug-bisect.rst

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9 change that broke something -- for example when some functionality stopped
13 kernel, better follow Documentation/admin-guide/verify-bugs-and-bisect-regressions.rst
17 care about the result -- for example, because the problem happens after the
28 use as pristine base at each bisection step; ideally, you have also worked out
29 a fully reliable and straight-forward way to reproduce the regression, too.*
38   Instead of Git tags like 'v6.0' and 'v6.1' you can specify commit-ids, too.
46 2. Now build, install, and boot a kernel. This might fail for unrelated reasons,
49    go back to step 1.
68    test after this (roughly 10 steps)'. In that case go back to step 1.
75    mentioning the culprit's commit-id.
85      git bisect log > ~/bisection-log
86      cp .config ~/bisection-config-culprit
95   to revert the change by specifying its commit-id::
97      git revert --no-edit cafec0cacaca0
101   the culprit on its own because later changes depend on it -- at least unless
109 Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst.
113 ---------------------------
115 * The `man page for 'git bisect' <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect>`_ and
116   `fighting regressions with 'git bisect' <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-bisect-lk2009.html>`_
118 * `Working with git bisect <https://nathanchance.dev/posts/working-with-git-bisect/>`_
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