From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932329AbVHaBtM (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:49:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932330AbVHaBtM (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:49:12 -0400 Received: from ppp-217-133-42-200.cust-adsl.tiscali.it ([217.133.42.200]:10510 "EHLO g5.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932329AbVHaBtL (ORCPT ); Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:49:11 -0400 Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 03:49:06 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Bill Davidsen Cc: Rogier Wolff , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: KLive: Linux Kernel Live Usage Monitor Message-ID: <20050831014906.GO8515@g5.random> References: <20050830030959.GC8515@g5.random> <20050830082901.GA25438@bitwizard.nl> <20050830094058.GA29214@bitwizard.nl> <4314D98E.2030801@tmr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4314D98E.2030801@tmr.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 06:11:26PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote: > the system, like load. A week running while I was on vacation doesn't > test much, a week running on a loaded server tests other things. btw, I thought about adding the load average too but it wasn't really interesting, since sometime a server is stressed a lot for a few minutes and then goes back to idle mode. A kernel bug will not necessairly trigger because some app is I/O bound all the time. Certainly more load is a factor that increases the probability of bugs and race conditions though, it's just not obvious how to assign a 0/100% score to a certain KLive "session". > The use will depend on how easy it is to install, patch and build isn't > easy. Crontab is. And I bet developers would be interested in how long crontab really is easy and standard, crontab seems actually the only way I could really write the few liner autoinstall script.