Re: [LTP] [Automated-testing] [PATCH v2 01/30] Introduce a concept of max runtime

[Richard Palethorpe <rpalethorpe@suse.de>]

Hello,

Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz> writes:

> Hi!
>> > +	int max_iteration_runtime;
>> 
>> It's not immediately clear if iteration refers to the inner test loop
>> (e.g. Fuzzy Sync) or the outer loop performed by adding '-i N'. Perhaps
>> it would be better to call it max_runtime and document that it is scaled
>> by '-i N'?
>
> It's not only the -i N paramater, it's carthesian product of:
>
> 	-i parameter x all_filesystems x test_variants
>
> And every single instance of that product is limited by the runtime
> value, which is the reason I want to have iteration explicitly in the
> name. Maybe we should call it instance instead or whatever else that may
> be more fitting.

I suppose it is the innermost runtime, so I would vote for inner_runtime
or just runtime. However whatever it is called it will require
explanation. What is considered to be an iteration, instance, inner, test
etc. is arbitrary.

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Thank you,
Richard.

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