On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 10:00 PM Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 3/27/23 1:56 PM, Eric Biggers wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 01:25:14PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > >> On 3/27/23 1:21?PM, Eric Biggers wrote: > >>> Thanks for getting syzbot to classify reports by subsystem and send these > >>> reminders! These should be very helpful over time. > >>> > >>> One thing that is missing in these reminders is a mention of how to change the > >>> subsystem of miscategorized bugs. Yes, it's in https://goo.gl/tpsmEJ halfway > >>> down the page, but it's not obvious. > >>> > >>> I think adding something like "See https://goo.gl/tpsmEJ#subsystems for how to > >>> change the subsystem of miscategorized reports" would be helpful. Probably not > >>> in all syzbot emails, but just in these remainder emails. That makes sense, thanks! FWIW We can also add a subsystem-changing command that could be sent just as a reply to such reminder email, so that there's no need to go to the per-bug threads. > >> > >> I did go poke, it is listed off the reports too. But it'd be really > >> handy if you could do this on the web page. When I see a report like > >> that that's not for me, I just archive it. And like any chatter with > >> syzbot, I have to look up what to reply to it every time. It'd be a lot > >> easy if I could just click on that page to either mark as invalid > >> (providing the info there) or move it to another subsystem. > >> > > > > Well, one problem that syzbot has to deal with is that to meet the kernel > > community's needs, it can't require authentication to issue commands. > > > > I understand that the current email-only interface, where all commands are Cc'ed > > to the syzkaller-bug mailing list, makes that not a complete disaster currently. > > > > I'd imagine that if anyone could just go to a web page and mess around with bug > > statuses with no authentication, that might be more problematic. > > What prevents anyone from just sending an email to the syzbot issue email > and modifying it? > > I love using email as it's easier when you're replying anyway, but the > problem is that I can never remember the magic incantations that I need > to send it. So I invariably click the link ANYWAY to find out what to > reply, and now it's more hassle using email. Maybe we can solve this by > making the email footer actually contain the common responses? Then > I would not have to click, switch desktops, scroll to find, copy part > of it, switch desktops, paste into email, open terminal to generate > the rest, switch back to email, paste in, click send. It really isn't > a very pleasurable experience. Thanks for the feedback and the idea! It would indeed be much easier if we listed some sample commands at the bottom. > > -- > Jens Axboe > >
