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docs: admin-guide: fix typos in reporting-issues.rst

Correct pin-point to pinpoint, If that the case to If that is the case,
and its only slightly modified to it's only slightly modified in
Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst for proper spelling and grammar.

Signed-off-by: Shivam Sharma <10sharmashivam@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Message-ID: <20250518172658.6983-1-10sharmashivam@gmail.com>

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··· 41 41 separately. While writing your report, include all information relevant to the 42 42 issue, like the kernel and the distro used. In case of a regression, CC the 43 43 regressions mailing list (regressions@lists.linux.dev) to your report. Also try 44 - to pin-point the culprit with a bisection; if you succeed, include its 44 + to pinpoint the culprit with a bisection; if you succeed, include its 45 45 commit-id and CC everyone in the sign-off-by chain. 46 46 47 47 Once the report is out, answer any questions that come up and help where you ··· 206 206 This subsection is for you, if you tried the latest mainline kernel as outlined 207 207 above, but failed to reproduce your issue there; at the same time you want to 208 208 see the issue fixed in a still supported stable or longterm series or vendor 209 - kernels regularly rebased on those. If that the case, follow these steps: 209 + kernels regularly rebased on those. If that is the case, follow these steps: 210 210 211 211 * Prepare yourself for the possibility that going through the next few steps 212 212 might not get the issue solved in older releases: the fix might be too big ··· 312 312 example often holds true for the mainline kernels shipped by Debian GNU/Linux 313 313 Sid or Fedora Rawhide. Some developers will also accept reports about issues 314 314 with kernels from distributions shipping the latest stable kernel, as long as 315 - its only slightly modified; that for example is often the case for Arch Linux, 315 + it's only slightly modified; that for example is often the case for Arch Linux, 316 316 regular Fedora releases, and openSUSE Tumbleweed. But keep in mind, you better 317 317 want to use a mainline Linux and avoid using a stable kernel for this 318 318 process, as outlined in the section 'Install a fresh kernel for testing' in more