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REPORTING-BUGS: cc the mailing list too
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People should also cc relevant mailing lists when reporting bugs.

Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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J. Bruce Fields authored and Linus Torvalds committed Feb 7, 2008
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Expand Up @@ -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.
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