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

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Message-ID: <CACT4Y+bp7VZDNLk=LKPciBepRTmWza1rKG7bma_xSCD64SY5Aw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:02:24 +0100
From:   Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
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)

On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 1:54 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:
> 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.

Not true. syzbot is very much interested in bugs it reports, keeps
careful track of them and tests patches.