Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [MAINTAINERS SUMMIT] Squashing bugs!

[Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>]

On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 09:56:32AM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 5/31/19 6:01 AM, Laura Abbott wrote:
> > On 5/30/19 7:30 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:
> > > I would like to propose a topic to discuss ideas to keep up with Syzbot
> > > bugs on an ongoing basis. Good news is, as of this writing, we have 1276
> > > fixed, 86 in moderation, and 62 fix pending. However, there are 523 open
> > > bugs. A good number of them have been open for longer than 300 days.
> > >
> > > The oldest one has been open for 537 days. I plan to take a closer at
> > > the open bugs to identify areas that might need more help.
> > >
> > > I have been sending fixes to some of them as I find time like many other
> > > developers. In addition, I included syzbot bug analysis as a required
> > > contribution in the Linux Kernel Mentorship Program application process.
> > > This is for learning debugging skills as well as getting help towards
> > > fixing bugs. It has been successful in getting a few fixes in. My goal
> > > is  to make these efforts a bit more structured to focus on areas that
> > > need help.
> > >
> > > There are some challenges, the obvious ones being finding time to
> > > analyze, reproduce, and fix. Reproducers are available in many cases,
> > > and these bugs can be reproduced. Identifying the right fix and fixing
> > > is the overwhelming part with the number of outstanding problems.
> > >
> > > My objective for this topic is to explore and identify areas that might
> > > need help in analyzing and fixing bugs in general and especially the
> > > ones that have been open for a while. It would help me channel and focus
> > > the Mentorship Program efforts and my efforts to help the areas in need.
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > -- Shuah
> >
> > I'm interested in this topic for not just syzbot but other bug trackers
> > as well. Fedora gets a steady flow of bugs filed and the three official
> > maintainers do their best to review but sometimes things slip through,
> > especially if we hit a time when several of us are out or traveling.
> > The kernel.org bugzilla also gets a number of bug reports that sometimes
> > get lost. I'd love to see if there's a process that could work for syzbot
> > and other high volume kernel trackers.
> >
>
> I am hoping we can look at all bugs as well. Syzbot happens to be just a
> good starting for me to start this discussion.

I would say that single place to see/report/manage all bugs (it can be
per-subsystem or for whole kernel) and ability to set priority will do
the trick.

Maybe, it is worth to integrate syzbot dashboard into kernel bugzilla,
at least for priority.

Thanks

>
> thanks,
> -- Shuah
>
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