Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | Re: Reminder: 99 open syzbot bugs in net subsystem | From | Eric Dumazet <> | Date | Thu, 25 Jul 2019 07:04:47 +0200 |
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On 7/24/19 11:09 PM, Eric Biggers wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 01:09:28PM -0700, David Miller wrote: >> From: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org> >> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:37:12 -0700 >> >>> We can argue about what words to use to describe this situation, but >>> it doesn't change the situation itself. >> >> And we should argue about those words because it matters to humans and >> effects how they feel, and humans ultimately fix these bugs. >> >> So please stop with the hyperbole. >> >> Thank you. > > Okay, there are 151 bugs that syzbot saw on the mainline Linux kernel in the > last 7 days (90.1% with reproducers). Of those, 59 were reported over 3 months > ago (89.8% with reproducers). Of those, 12 were reported over a year ago (83.3% > with reproducers). > > No opinion on whether those are small/medium/large numbers, in case it would > hurt someone's feelings. > > These numbers do *not* include bugs that are still valid but weren't seen on > mainline in last 7 days, e.g.: > > - Bugs that are seen only rarely, so by chance weren't seen in last 7 days. > - Bugs only in linux-next and/or subsystem branches. > - Bugs that were seen in mainline more than 7 days ago, and then only on > linux-next or subsystem branch in last 7 days. > - Bugs that stopped being seen due to a change in syzkaller. > - Bugs that stopped being seen due to a change in kernel config. > - Bugs that stopped being seen due to other environment changes such as kernel > command line parameters. > - Bugs that stopped being seen due to a kernel change that hid the bug but > didn't actually fix it, i.e. still reachable in other ways. >
We do not doubt syzkaller is an incredible tool.
But netdev@ and lkml@ are mailing lists for humans to interact, exchange ideas, send patches and review them.
To me, an issue that was reported to netdev by a real user is _way_ more important than potential issues that a bot might have found doing crazy things.
We need to keep optimal S/N on mailing lists, so any bots trying to interact with these lists must be very cautious and damn smart.
When I have time to spare and can work on syzbot reports, I am going to a web page where I can see them and select the ones it makes sense to fix. I hate having to set up email filters.
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