[PATCH 06/14] Extend the test suite for TSX and add some new tests to test elision

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 06/28/2013 12:38 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
>> I'm confused, if you build with elision turned on then all the default
>> mutexes are elided, so why do you need to call the new interface to
>> turn on elision?
> 
> I need to test the internal code paths that enable/disable.
> 
>> If the existing testsuite runs cleanly with just the base elision patches
>> then we don't need this new test until we add the new interfaces.
>>
>> Does the testsuite run cleanly without patch #6?
> 
> No it needs some fixes, because it tests some undefined (in POSIX)
> behaviour that changes with elision.
> 
> I'll split the test suite into just basic fixes, and tst-elision* 
> into a separate patch in the series after the enable interfaces.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Carlos.