linux-kernel - Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH -v4 6/6] fault-injection: add notifier error injection testing scripts

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Message-ID: <20120626235804.GA7525@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2012 19:58:04 -0400
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>,
	linux-pm@...ts.linux-foundation.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH -v4 6/6] fault-injection: add notifier error
 injection testing scripts

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 04:31:47PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

 > My overall take on the fault-injection code is that there has been a
 > disappointing amount of uptake: I don't see many developers using them
 > for whitebox testing their stuff.  I guess this patchset addresses
 > that, in a way.

I added support for make-it-fail to my syscall fuzzer a while ago.
(if the file exists, the child processes set it before calling the fuzzed syscall).
I've not had a chance to really play with it, because I find enough problems
already even without it.

	Dave
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