Re: [BUG] New Kernel Bugs

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:24:14 +0100 Jörn Engel <joern@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 13 November 2007 13:56:58 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:

It's relatively common that a regression in subsystem A will manifest as a
failure in subsystem B, and the report initially lands on the desk of the
subsystem B developers.

But that's OK. The subsystem B people are the ones with the expertise to
be able to work out where the bug resides and to help the subsystem A
people understand what went wrong.

Alas, sometimes the B people will just roll eyes and do nothing because
they know the problem wasn't in their code. Sometimes.

And sometimes the A people will ignore the B people after the root cause
has been worked out. Do you have a good idea how to shame A into
action? Should I put you on Cc:? Right now I'm in the eye-rolling
phase.


Well, that's the problem, isn't it?

The best I can come up with is to suggest that all the info be captured in
a bugzilla report so that at least it doesn't get forgotten about.

I suppose that other options are

a) try to fix it yourself. I'll take the patch and as long as we make a
big enough mess of it, someone who knows what they're doing might fix it
for real.

b) If it was a regression, identify the offending commit and we'll just
revert it.
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