Re: [RFC PATCH] xen: add libafl-qemu fuzzer support

[Volodymyr Babchuk <Volodymyr_Babchuk@epam.com>]

Hi Stefano,

Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> writes:

> On Wed, 20 Nov 2024, Volodymyr Babchuk wrote:
>> Hi Stefano,
>> 
>> (sorry, hit wrong Reply-To option, re-sending for wider audience)
>> 
>> Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> writes:
>> 
>> > On Tue, 19 Nov 2024, Volodymyr Babchuk wrote:
>> >> Hi Stefano,
>> >>
>> >> Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org> writes:
>> >>

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>> >>
>> >> I was considering this as well. Problem is that fuzzing should be
>> >> running for a prolonged periods of time. There is no clear consensus on
>> >> "how long", but most widely accepted time period is 24 hours. So looks
>> >> like it should be something like "nightly build" task. Fuzzer code
>> >> needs to be extended to support some runtime restriction, because right
>> >> now it runs indefinitely, until user stops it.
>> >
>> > We can let it run for 48 hours continuously every weekend using the
>> > Gitlab runners
>> 
>> Great idea. Anyways, I need to add option to limit runtime to the fuzzer
>> and invent some method for reporting discovered crashes to the CI first.
>> 
>> >
>> >> I am certainly going to implement this, but this is a separate topic,
>> >> because it quires changes in the fuzzer app. Speaking on which... Right
>> >> now both fuzzer and test harness reside in our github repo, as you
>> >> noticed. I believe it is better to host it on xenbits as an official
>> >> part of the Xen Project.
>> >
>> > Yes we can create repos under gitlab.com/xen-project for this, maybe a
>> > new subgroup gitlab.com/xen-project/fuzzer
>> 
>> Good. Whom should I ask to do this?
>
> I created gitlab.com/xen-project/fuzzer as an empty group. What
> repositories do you need under it?

Right now it is only the fuzzer itself
(https://github.com/xen-troops/xen-fuzzer-rs). If we are going to use
XTF then we don't need additional repo for the the harness.

-- 
WBR, Volodymyr