Subrata Modak wrote:
> Hi Li,
> 
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Li Zefan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Subrata Modak wrote:
>>> Li,
>>>
>>> I am not sure about a discussion on LTP mailing list regarding CPUSETS
>>> test cases. Somebody submitted the attached test case, and i was waiting
>>> for others to take this into consideration while writing the new CPUSETS
>>> tests.
>>>
>> We've taken this into consideration when Paul Jackson sent it out.
> 
> 
> Thanks.  Good to know that.
> 
> 
>>
>>> If somebody has already taken this initiative, i would like to point out
>>> to also consider testing the sched, cpuset: customize sched domains,
>>> that went in 2.6.26.
>>>
>> We've considered to test this new feature in cpuset, but we may fail to
>> test it in userspace.
> 
> 
> That should be OK. You can test this through a module, and then load/unload
> a module through a script. The same script can continue to do other CPUSET
> testing prior/post loading of this module.
> As you may have noticed that we are also discussing the possibility of
> writing kernel modules for In-Kernel API testing, so this can be an
> oppurtunity for you as well to propose a template for the same. You can see
> that discussion happening here:
> http://marc.info/?l=ltp-list&m=121923563304945&w=2,
> http://marc.info/?l=ltp-list&m=121906903617440&w=2,
> 

But we are not testing In-kernel API. In-kernel API means exported functions
through EXPORT_SYMBOL ?

The problem is, the scheduler migrates tasks in 2 ways: periodic load
balance on tick, and at time of some schedule events. The new feature affects
the latter, so though the feature is used, a task may still migrate to
any cpu in the system.

> Meanwhile, i am also eager to know whether you would also be testing one
> more feature that went in 2.6.26:
> Cpuset hardwall flag: add a mem_hardwall flag to cpusets,
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=786083667e0ced85ce17c4c0b6c57a9f47c5b9f2
> ,
> 

It's in out test plan, so we'll try or put it in the TODO list


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