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Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 16:27:11 -0700
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] rtmutex: Add missing deadlock check
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On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 06:44:30PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2014 15:00:09 -0700
> "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Good points -- I was indeed thinking about stress testing instead of
> > algorithmic testing.
> 
> But doesn't lockdep use algorithmic tests too?

I suppose you could argue that there is no such thing as non-algorithmic
testing, given that all test code uses an algorithm of some sort.  Perhaps
with the exception of letting your pet walk across the keyboard.  ;-)

Perhaps I should have instead said that I was thinking about random
testing instead of formal testing?

							Thanx, Paul