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From: Clark Williams <williams@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] rdtscbench: a nohz_full validation and benchmarking
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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:44:22 -0600
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On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:26:07 +0100
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> wrote:

> * Isaac Griswold-Steiner | 2015-08-21 15:45:58 [-0500]:
> 
> >From: Isaac Griswold-Steiner <isaac.griswoldsteiner@ni.com>
> >
> >rdtscbench is a cyclictest-like tool that spawns a thread per cpu. Each thread
> >measures the difference in cycle count (using the tsc) during the execution of a
> >tight loop.
> >
> >This is a simple tool intended to be used for the validation of nohz_full CPU
> >configurations. As the validation of nohz_full CPUs is the objective, the tool
> >avoids the usage of system calls, timers, or anything that might break nohz_full.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Isaac Griswold-Steiner <isaac.griswoldsteiner@ni.com>
> 
> jkacur, williams: did you guys took a look on it?
> 
> Sebastian

I haven't yet. Will look at it this afternoon.

Clark