Testing, fuzzing, and other diagnostics have made the Linux ecosystem much more robust than in the past, but there are still embarrassing bugs. Furthermore, million-year bugs will be happening many times per day across Linux’s huge installed base, so there is clearly need for even more aggressive validation.

The Testing and Fuzzing Microconference aims to significantly increase the aggression level of Linux-kernel validation, with discussions on tools and test suites including kselftest, syzkaller, trinity, mutation testing, and the 0day Test Robot. The effectiveness of these tools will be attested to by any of their victims, but we must further raise our game as the installed base of Linux continues to increase.

One additional way of raising the level of testing aggression is to document the various ABIs in machine-readable format, thus lowering the barrier to entry for new projects. Who knows? Perhaps Linux testing will be driven by artificial-intelligence techniques!

Join us for an important and spirited discussion!