[SystemSafety] Hypocrite Commits to the Linux kernel

Derek M Jones derek at knosof.co.uk
Wed Apr 21 19:45:47 CEST 2021


All,

Researchers have been checking out Linux kernel developers ability
to detect what they call "Hypocrite Commits" by  submitting patches
containing known mistakes to the Linux kernel.

Some observations:
https://lobste.rs/s/3qgyzp/they_introduce_kernel_bugs_on_purpose

Apart from some of the patches being rather clueless
'vulnerabilities' (e.g., essentially dead code), they forgot to
enlist a sleeper agent:
http://shape-of-code.coding-guidelines.com/2021/04/01/linux-has-a-sleeper-agent-working-as-a-core-developer/

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Derek M. Jones           Evidence-based software engineering
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