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authorDmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>2018-01-16 11:58:28 +0100
committerDmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>2018-01-16 13:37:14 +0100
commit9aaf64b3742d1d4f744e22cad567906cebb201a2 (patch)
tree10f4ad11434fd5aef681ee22efda4077084af320 /docs
parent4198e58824a73e58caba891994ce19e1cae7e503 (diff)
docs: clarify that syzbot testing can be used for debugging
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@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ by sending another `#syz fix` command.
and provide the patch inline or as a text attachment. Attachments are more
reliable because of email clients splitting lines and messing with whitespaces.
`syzbot` will test the patch on `HEAD` of the specified git repo/branch.
+Note: this can be used both for testing fix patches and just for debugging
+(i.e. adding additional checks to code and testing with them).
+After sending an email you should get a reply email with results within an hour.
- to mark the bug as a duplicate of another `syzbot` bug:
```
#syz dup: exact-subject-of-another-report