Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] support/testing/infra/emulator.py: add host load info in run log

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Julien" == Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr> writes:

 > Runtime tests running on test runners are subject to a high
 > variability in term of performance and timing. Most or the runtime
 > test commands are executed with a timeout, in pexpect.

 > Slow or very loaded test runners can use the timeout_multiplier to
 > globally increase those timeouts.

 > Some runtime test commands sometimes needs to poll or query a state,
 > rather than having purely sequential actions. It is sometimes hard to
 > know, from the test writer point of view, the maximum timeout to set, or
 > if a retry logic is needed.

 > In order to help debugging runtime tests failing due very slow
 > execution, this commit adds extra information on the host test runner
 > about its load in the run log. Relevant information are: number of
 > cpus, the load average at the moment the emulator is started and the
 > current timeout_multiplier.

 > Note: this change was discussed in:
 > https://lists.buildroot.org/pipermail/buildroot/2024-July/759119.html

 > Signed-off-by: Julien Olivain <ju.o@free.fr>

Committed to 2024.02.x and 2024.05.x, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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