linux-kernel - Re: LKML admins (syzbot emails are not delivered)

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Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:54:39 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Cc:     "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        syzkaller <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: LKML admins (syzbot emails are not delivered)

Hi!

> > *Snort*
> >
> > If the information to solve an issue is not in the Oops syzbot is
> > useless.
> 
> Hi Eric
> 
> That's true. But maintainers of the subsystem is in the best position
> to judge that. For that they need to see the report.

Unless they are already overloaded by better quality reports.

> > Further there is no place in the syzbot process to test fixes.
> 
> Please elaborate.
> Kernel developer who fixes the bugs, tests it the same way as he/she
> does for any other bugs. There is really nothing in syzbot that
> prevents you from testing.

Well, normally people are interested in the bugs they report, and thus
willing to test the patches. Your bot.. is not interested.

									Pavel
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