Re: LKML admins (syzbot emails are not delivered)

From: Dmitry Vyukov
Date: Mon Jan 15 2018 - 08:02:55 EST


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