Re: [PATCH 2/2] selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Default to trying to run the test repeatedly

* Mark Brown wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 09:49:16AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > So this isn't very user-friendly either, previously it would run a > > testcase and immediately provide output. > > > Now it's just starting and 'hanging': > > >

Re: [PATCH 2/2] selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Default to trying to run the test repeatedly

On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 09:49:16AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > So this isn't very user-friendly either, previously it would run a > testcase and immediately provide output. > Now it's just starting and 'hanging': > galatea:~/linux/linux/tools/testing/selftests/x86> ./fsgsbase_64 > I got

Re: [PATCH 2/2] selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Default to trying to run the test repeatedly

* Mark Brown wrote: > In automated testing it has been found that on many systems the fsgsbase > test fails intermittently. This was reported and discussed a while > back: > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180126153631.ha7yc33fj5uhitjo@xps/ > > with the analysis concluding that this is

[PATCH 2/2] selftests/x86/fsgsbase: Default to trying to run the test repeatedly

In automated testing it has been found that on many systems the fsgsbase test fails intermittently. This was reported and discussed a while back: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180126153631.ha7yc33fj5uhitjo@xps/ with the analysis concluding that this is a hardware issue affecting a subset