From c90dde97ba7264c0c5d5692b7e316b6c5ca5d976 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dmitry Vyukov Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2018 12:07:00 +0200 Subject: Update syzbot.md --- docs/syzbot.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/syzbot.md b/docs/syzbot.md index 38902bbe3..c29b68b84 100644 --- a/docs/syzbot.md +++ b/docs/syzbot.md @@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ We've experimented with application of custom patches in the past and it lead to unrecoverable mess. If you want `syzbot` to pick up patches sooner, ask tree maintainers for priority handling. +However, syzbot kernel config always includes `CONFIG_DEBUG_AID_FOR_SYZBOT=y` setting, +which is not normally present in kernel. What was used for particularly elusive bugs in the past +is temporary merging some additional debugging code into `linux-next` under this config setting +(e.g. more debug checks and/or debug output) and waiting for new crash reports from syzbot. + ## Kernel configs Kernel configs, sysctls and command line arguments that `syzbot` uses are available in [/dashboard/config](/dashboard/config). -- cgit mrf-deployment