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Maybe you're right that messages at the top will be lost. What about this > set of messages: > > 1. First run of run_single_test() > 1.1. For all tests: > - detected snc mode (if > 1) > - check if cpu/offline file is empty, set the global > variable and print a message saying snc mode might be > wrong When SNC detection is considered unreliable, everything else becomes unreliable also since kernel support for SNC is only visible (in future kernels) when SNC is enabled. I thus think that if it is found that SNC detection may be unreliable then the number of SNC nodes should be hardcoded to 1 and a default message about possible interference by SNC should be printed at all test failures. > 2. At the end of tests > 2.1. For CMT, CAT, MBM, MBA: > - test failed > - snc detection reports it's enabled > - kernel version doesn't support snc Sounds like the "all goes well" scenario when SNC support is reliably detected. > > 2.2. Additional message for CMT, CAT (since the cache size is divided): > - test failed or succeeded > - snc detection reports the offline file is not empty > - kernel version supports snc I am not able to follow what happens in these scenarios. > > The 1. message will be printed at the top since it's more informational (what is > the SNC mode?) and then 2. messages will deal with possible issues / failures > and will be nicely visible at the end. What do you think about this? It is not obvious to me what the messages may be but the times/locations when messages are printed sounds good to me. Thank you Reinette