Re: [PATCH 3/3] Add new case for stress test

[David Smith <dsmith at redhat dot com>]

On 12/15/2015 11:52 PM, "Zhou, Wenjian/åæå" wrote:
> On 12/15/2015 08:41 PM, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
>>
>> zhouwj-fnst wrote:
>>
>>> [...]
>>> +proc gen_load {} {
>>> +    # if 'genload' from the ltp exists, use it to create a real load
>>> +    set genload {/usr/local/ltp/testcases/bin/genload}
>>> +    if [file executable $genload] {
>>> [...]
>>
>> How about using the same logic used in lib/stap_run.exp looking for
>> /usr/bin/stress?  Or $PATH searching?  That /usr/local/ltp path is
>> just not a good fit for general installations.
>>
> 
> Hello Frank,
> 
> +proc gen_load {} {
> +    # if 'genload' from the ltp exists, use it to create a real load
> +    set genload {/usr/local/ltp/testcases/bin/genload}
> +    if [file executable $genload] {
> +        exec $genload -c 10 -i 10 -m 10 -t 10
> +        #                               ^^^^^ run for 10 seconds
> +        #                         ^^^^^ 10 procs spinning on malloc
> +        #                   ^^^^^ 10 procs spinning on sync
> +        #             ^^^^^ 10 procs spinning on sqrt
> +    } else {
> +        # sleep for a bit
> +        wait_n_secs 10
> 
> "wait_n_secs" is the function in stap_run.exp.
> If /usr/local/ltp/testcases/bin/genload is not exist, it will look for
> /usr/bin/stress.

I think Frank means we should search the path for 'genload', instead of
just looking for it in /usr/local/ltp/testcases/bin. The easiest way to
do that would be to look at the output of 'which genload'. If that was
empty, you could then look in /usr/local/ltp/testcases/bin.

> I just use the same logic of the other tests in stress.
> Do you mean "set genload" should be removed ?

It looks like testsuite/systemtap.stress/all_kernel_functions.exp and
testsuite/systemtap.stress/current.exp also have a genload function.
Perhaps we should move/combine them all the genload functions into a new
file in testsuite/lib that the 2 existing tests and your new test use.

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