netdev - Re: [PATCH] ath9k_htc: Add a missing spin_lock

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Date:   Thu, 29 Jul 2021 10:40:47 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Rajat Asthana <rajatasthana4@...il.com>
Cc:     ath9k-devel@....qualcomm.com, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ath9k_htc: Add a missing spin_lock_init()

Rajat Asthana <rajatasthana4@...il.com> writes:

>> Did you test this on a real device?
>
> No, I didn't test this on a real device. Syzkaller has a reproducer
> for this and I just relied on the fact that the reproducer did not
> reproduce the warning with this patch.

This is exactly what worries me with syzbot patches. People just try to
silence the warning and not thinking how it works on a real device.

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