linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: X86: Fix scan ioapic use-before-initialization

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Date:   Fri, 28 Dec 2018 12:13:08 -1000
From:   Joey Pabalinas <joeypabalinas@...il.com>
To:     Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        dledford@...hat.com, KVM list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Wei Wu <ww9210@...il.com>, Kostya Serebryany <kcc@...gle.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        syzkaller <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Chris Mason <clm@...com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        Olof Johansson <olofj@...gle.com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Theodore Tso <tytso@...gle.com>, Tim.Bird@...y.com,
        Joey Pabalinas <joeypabalinas@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: X86: Fix scan ioapic use-before-initialization

On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 10:43:11AM +0100, 'Dmitry Vyukov' via syzkaller wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 6:00 PM Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > Nobody reads the kernel mailing list directly - there's just too much traffic.
> 
> As the result bug reports and patches got lots and this is bad and it
> would be useful to stop it from happening and there are known ways for
> this.

What are the "known ways"? The only effective way I can think of is to
setup personal email filters for specific topics, and while this is
useful and something I do myself, it requires a lot of up front work.

I don't think it's realistic to expect others to be doing this
instead of just subscribing to the topic lists.

-- 
Cheers,
Joey Pabalinas

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