linux-kernel - Re: [QUESTION] Hung task warning while running syzkaller test

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Message-ID: <4ca01869-7997-cfce-edce-e75337d3a6fa@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:29:54 +0100
From:   Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
To:     Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@...wei.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, peterz@...radead.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        patrick.bellasi@....com, tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        "zhangyi (F)" <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [QUESTION] Hung task warning while running syzkaller test

Picked the wrong outgoing smtp setting, sorry about that lovely disclaimer...

On 25/10/2019 13:50, Zhihao Cheng wrote:
> I added config in attachment.
> 
> It will take 5-10 minutes to reproduce on the kernel of the lower version(for example, v4.4). And ftrace may need to be enabled for the latest mainline to reproduce hung_task, it will take several hours.
> 

That sounds fun. I'll try to get that running overnight someday I'm not
running other stuff, though TBH seeing as the freezer is involved I wonder if
it isn't just syzkaller keeping stuff frozen for too long.