public inbox for ltp@lists.linux.it
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: subrata@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Eugene Teo <eugene@redhat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH] Add ftrace-stress-test to LTP
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:25:16 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C7470FC.4090800@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1282647771.4833.10.camel@subratamodak.linux.ibm.com>

Subrata Modak wrote:
> Thanks. I need to test this on a suitable kernel. But doubtful if i can
> add in the default run.
> 

Why? Because it costs 90 secs? This is configurable, and some other
test suites like cpuctl cost more time.

If a test suite is not run by default, I guess people won't know its
existence, probably.

> Regards--
> Subrata
> 
> On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 12:06 +0800, Li Zefan wrote: 
>> We test ftrace by forking processes to simultaneously and
>> constantly read/write different tracing files in debugfs
>> and procfs.
>>
>> The test will be skipped if the kernel is older than 2.6.34,
>> mainly because it can crash old kernels.
>>
>> The test will run by default and will run for 90 seconds.
>>
>> To run this test only:
>>
>> 	# ./runltp -f tracing
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sell apps to millions through the Intel(R) Atom(Tm) Developer Program
Be part of this innovative community and reach millions of netbook users 
worldwide. Take advantage of special opportunities to increase revenue and 
speed time-to-market. Join now, and jumpstart your future.
http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-atom-d2d
_______________________________________________
Ltp-list mailing list
Ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list

  reply	other threads:[~2010-08-25  1:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-08-24  4:06 [LTP] [PATCH] Add ftrace-stress-test to LTP Li Zefan
2010-08-24 11:02 ` Subrata Modak
2010-08-25  1:25   ` Li Zefan [this message]
2010-08-25  2:41     ` Garrett Cooper
2010-08-25  2:59       ` Li Zefan
2010-09-06 16:16       ` Subrata Modak
2010-09-06 18:52         ` Garrett Cooper
2010-08-25  5:31 ` Garrett Cooper
2010-09-02  1:08   ` Li Zefan

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=4C7470FC.4090800@cn.fujitsu.com \
    --to=lizf@cn.fujitsu.com \
    --cc=akpm@linux-foundation.org \
    --cc=eugene@redhat.com \
    --cc=fweisbec@gmail.com \
    --cc=ltp-list@lists.sourceforge.net \
    --cc=mingo@elte.hu \
    --cc=rostedt@goodmis.org \
    --cc=subrata@linux.vnet.ibm.com \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox