On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 10:55:47AM -0700, Astra Joan wrote:
> Hi Oleksij,
>
> Thank you for providing help with the bug fix! The patch was created
> when I was working on another bug:
>
> https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=881d65229ca4f9ae8c84
>
> But the patch was not a direct fix of the problem reported in the
> unregister_netdevice function call. Instead, it suppresses potential
> deadlock information to guarantee the real bug would show up. Since I
> have verified that the patch resolved a deadlock situation involving
> the exact same locks, I'm pretty confident it would be a proper fix for
> the current bug in this thread.
>
> I'm not sure, though, about how I could instruct Syzbot to create a
> reproducer to properly test this patch. Could you or anyone here help
> me find the next step? Thank you so much!
Sorry, I'm not syzbot expert. I hope someone else can help here.
Regards,
Oleksij
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On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 at 06:40, Oleksij Rempel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 10:55:47AM -0700, Astra Joan wrote:
> > Hi Oleksij,
> >
> > Thank you for providing help with the bug fix! The patch was created
> > when I was working on another bug:
> >
> > https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=881d65229ca4f9ae8c84
> >
> > But the patch was not a direct fix of the problem reported in the
> > unregister_netdevice function call. Instead, it suppresses potential
> > deadlock information to guarantee the real bug would show up. Since I
> > have verified that the patch resolved a deadlock situation involving
> > the exact same locks, I'm pretty confident it would be a proper fix for
> > the current bug in this thread.
> >
> > I'm not sure, though, about how I could instruct Syzbot to create a
> > reproducer to properly test this patch. Could you or anyone here help
> > me find the next step? Thank you so much!
>
> Sorry, I'm not syzbot expert. I hope someone else can help here.
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Hi Astra,
You mean you have a reproducer and you want syzbot to run it with your patch?
No such feature exists at the moment.
Presumably you already run it locally, so I am not sure syzbot can add
much value here.