Mel Gorman wrote a tool to perform Linux kernel performance testing. Detecting performance regressions in new kernels appears to be the major goal.
I note that there are Postgres specific tests listed here: http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/results/home/marvin/dashboard-openSUSE-13.1-smart.html -- Peter Geoghegan -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers