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From:   Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Date:   Wed, 12 Jan 2022 08:39:25 +0100
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Subject: Re: KCSAN: data-race in tick_nohz_stop_tick / tick_sched_timer
To:     Hao Sun <sunhao.th@gmail.com>
Cc:     Kaia Yadira <hypericumperforatum4444@gmail.com>,
        kvartet <xyru1999@gmail.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        syzkaller-bugs <syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com>,
        syzkaller <syzkaller@googlegroups.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
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On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 02:39, Hao Sun <sunhao.th@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> =E4=BA=8E2022=E5=B9=B41=E6=9C=8812=E6=
=97=A5=E5=91=A8=E4=B8=89 01:18=E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A
> >
> > On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 at 17:56, Kaia Yadira
> > <hypericumperforatum4444@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm sorry. They are similar but I can't tell if they are the same bug=
,
> > > so I report them individually.
> >
> > +CC list back
> >
> > I did not mean that you report similar bugs. I meant that you and
> > kvartet seem to be following the same process. There are several
> > complaints about the quality of reports. So I am wondering what you
> > are doing/why/what's your goal.
> >
> > Hao Sun, you are CCed on all emails, maybe you can shed some light on t=
his?
>
> Hi Dmitry,
>
> I'm on holiday and ignored these emails.
> kvartet is an acquaintance of mine, I have no idea who Kaia is.
> I have little knowledge of their actions. They may be new to the
> kernel community and may not understand the rules in reporting bugs
>
> Maybe we should add some `WARNING` in Syzkaller docs, e.g.,
> `how_to_report_bug.md`, to tell people to polish their reports before
> sending them out.

Hi Hao,

Thanks for the info.

We've already extended how_to_report_bug.md with some warning:
https://github.com/google/syzkaller/commit/ca0f51ac4a404a5378464e91c42eca8c=
1e78e21a
But it does not mention KCSAN/KMSAN yet, as these reports come in later.

> Or maybe we should just suppress all the `task-hung` and `kcsan`
> reports in Syzkaller by default, enable them manually if the user
> knows what they are doing.

This is a good idea.
We will need to figure out details, and this will require some coding.