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authorAndrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>2017-07-24 18:17:24 +0200
committerAndrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@google.com>2017-07-24 18:23:04 +0200
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@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ Here are some things to check if there are problems running syzkaller.
`VMLINUX` is the vmlinux file, as per the `vmlinux` config value), to confirm
that symbols for the kernel are available.
+ - Use the `-debug` command line option to make syzkaller print all possible debug output,
+ from both the `syz-manager` top-level program and the `syz-fuzzer` instances. With this option
+ syzkaller will only run one VM instance.
+
- Use the `-v N` command line option to increase the amount of logging output, from both
the `syz-manager` top-level program and the `syz-fuzzer` instances (which go to the
output files in the `crashes` subdirectory of the working directory). Higher values of
@@ -41,4 +45,6 @@ Here are some things to check if there are problems running syzkaller.
In this case, running the `syz-execprog` test with the `-nobody=0` option fixes the problem,
so the main configuration needs to be updated to set `dropprivs` to `false`.
-If none of the above helps, file a bug on [the bug tracker](https://github.com/google/syzkaller/issues) or ask us directly on the syzkaller@googlegroups.com mailing list.
+If none of the above helps, file a bug on [the bug tracker](https://github.com/google/syzkaller/issues)
+or ask us directly on the syzkaller@googlegroups.com mailing list.
+Please include syzkaller commit id that you use and `syz-manager` output with `-debug` flag enabled if applicable.