Hi Erik, On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 19:36 +0200, Erik Bosman wrote: > Hi Subrata, > > Sorry for my late reaction. I'm busy working on my Master thesis right > now. > > On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Subrata Modak wrote: > > > Hi Erik, > > > > Would you kindly let us know how you tested prctl PR_GET_TSC and > > PR_SET_TSC, which is added in 2.6.26. Did you write/develop an automated > > test case(s) of your own. Let us know if you would like the same to > > share with LTP under GPLv2. > > > > One of my patches added three tests to the Documentation/prctl, so you can > find them there from 2.6.26 on. They are not automated but it is not hard > to change that. I would recommend using disable-tsc-on-off-stress-test.c.
Thank you very much. I would look into them surely, and see how i can integrate them inside LTP. > > Is it a problem if the test causes a very high load? No, there is no such problem. But we will run it separately rather than with default run. Normally, we run the stress tests separately from the normal functional tests. Regards-- Subrata > > > We already have the prctl() test cases in LTP and probably with this > > addition, we need to add some more tests to the existing scenario. Would > > you review the existing ones too: > > > > http://ltp.cvs.sourceforge.net/ltp/ltp/testcases/kernel/syscalls/prctl/, > > Prctl is by definition a very diverse syscall, I am not an expert on > all prctl calls. I don't think I can help you with many of them (as I > don't have the hardware, ) and as I said, I'm rather busy finishing my > master thesis. > > Regards, > Erik ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Ltp-list mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltp-list
