Re: Linux Testing Microconference at LPC

From: Dhaval Giani
Date: Wed May 22 2019 - 12:10:28 EST


On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 6:04 PM Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 2:51 AM <Tim.Bird@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Sasha Levin
> > >
> > > On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 02:02:53PM -0700, Tim Bird wrote:
> > ...
> > > >
> > > >With regards to the Testing microconference at Plumbers, I would like
> > > >to do a presentation on the current status of test standards and test
> > > >framework interoperability. We recently had some good meetings
> > > >between the LAVA and Fuego people at Linaro Connect
> > > >on this topic.
> > >
> > > Hi Tim,
> > >
> > > Sorry for the delayed response, this mail got marked as read as a result
> > > of fat fingers :(
> > >
> > > I'd want to avoid having an 'overview' talk as part of the MC. We have
> > > quite a few discussion topics this year and in the spirit of LPC I'd
> > > prefer to avoid presentations.
> >
> > OK. Sounds good.
> >
> > > Maybe it's more appropriate for the refereed track?
> > I'll consider submitting it there, but there's a certain "fun" aspect
> > to attending a conference that I don't have to prepare a talk for. :-)
> >
> > Thanks for getting back to me. I'm already registered for Plumbers,
> > so I'll see you there.
> > -- Tim
>
>
> I would like to give an update on syzkaller/syzbot and discuss:
> - testability of kernel components in this context
> - test coverage and what's still not tested
> - discussion of the process (again): what works, what doesn't work, feedback
>

This sounds good to me.

> I also submitted a refereed track talk called "Reflections on kernel
> quality, development process and testing". If it's not accepted, I
> would like to do it on Testing MC.

I don't think refereed talks fit in the MC