Re: [PATCH RT-TESTS] cyclictest: new command line switch for histogram overflow instance tracking

[Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@am.sony.com>]

On 11/16/12 18:41, Frank Rowand wrote:
> On 11/16/12 18:31, Frank Rowand wrote:
> 
> < snip >
>  
>> I graphed the results with the msec data and with the nanosecond
>> timestamps for an artificial test (two test runs for each case):
>>
>>   nanosecond:  junk7.gif    junk10.gif
>>   msec:        junk8_d.gif  junk9_d.gif
>>
>> The cyclictest latency disruptions seem more visible to me in the
>> nanosecond data graphs.  But that is just a first impression
>> without playing around with a lot of different data sets.
> 
> John, Bhavesh,
> 
> OK, so after all of that, I'm going on vacation for a week.
> I hope the rest of you are taking some time off too.

I'm back...  Bhavesh, have you had a chance to think about my last
several emails (my comments on your latest patch, my proposed patch,
and the email I'm responding to)?  Any comments?

> 
> My conclusion after my data creation and graphing exercise is that
> it might be good if people could play around with collecting and
> analyzing real histogram overflow data and see what data formats
> provide useful information.
> 
> I think we should not rush the patch into John's tree so that we
> aren't stuck with a format or type of data that is not optimal.
> 
> Bhavesh, if you created this feature based on a real world need
> (instead of just a brilliant mind exercise), it would be great
> if you could apply the latest iteration (or iterations in the
> near future) to your actual data collection and provide a real
> world example of how this feature makes cyclictest better.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Frank