Re: [syzbot] [kernel?] general protection fault in netdev_register_kobject

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Thu Aug 31 2023 - 12:33:54 EST


On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 05:53:29PM +0200, Aleksandr Nogikh wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 5:39 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 04:15:23PM +0200, Aleksandr Nogikh wrote:
> > > #syz dup: general protection fault in nfc_register_device
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Maybe you can improve it to
> > 1) drop those prefixes by itself;
>
> Yeah, I've just thought about it too when I was correcting the command.
>
> > 2) explain better in the quick help below what "exact" means.
> >
> > Also is it possible to test just patches without repository?
> > Can you add this feature when you simply submit a message ID
> > to it and it uses lore.kernel.org for the patch or series?
>
> Thanks, these are good suggestions!
> The first one is easy to do (we actually already support that
> internally, so only a small change is needed), the second one is a bit
> trickier, but I'll look into that.

JFYI:
20230828145824.3895288-1-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Can be used for testing.
So I like to write

#syz test patch: 20230828145824.3895288-1-andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The responses can be (among others?):
1/ tested and test results;
2/ not found.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko