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**Note**: you may send the request only to `syzbot` email address, as patches sent
to some mailing lists (e.g. netdev, netfilter-devel) will trigger patchwork.
**Note**: when testing a patch, syzbot uses the kernel config and reproducer that are specified a the initial bug report. As a result, specifying a repo, branch or commit id that are different from the ones that were used for reproducing, can result in false-positive Tested-by responses. For example this happens, when the bug is no longer reproducible on a specified kernel tree, with or without the supplied patch.
**Note**: when testing a patch, syzbot uses the newest reproducer and the matching
kernel config that are listed on the dashboard for this bug. As a result, specifying
a repo, branch or commit id that are different from the ones that were used for
reproducing, can result in false-positive Tested-by responses. For example this
happens, when the bug is not reproducible on a specified kernel tree, with or without
the supplied patch.
**Note**: see [below](#kmsan-bugs) for `KMSAN` bugs testing.
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#syz test: https://github.com/google/kasan.git commit-hash
```
and attach/inline your test patch in the same email. `commit-hash` is the id
of the kernel commit on which this bug was reproduced, its value can be found
in the initial report email.
of the kernel commit that corresponds to the **newest reproducer** listed on
the dashboard for this bug.
If the bug was triggered on the `KMSAN` tree, follow the [instructions above](#kmsan-bugs),
with the exception that you must also use `commit-hash` instead of the `master`