[Bug testsuite/6655] New: Tests should be aware of low resources systems

[bruno dot abinader at openbossa dot org]

After spending some time working with systemtap on maemo devices, it was
realized that most tests aren't robust enough to handle systems with low
resources [1] (i.e. using busybox). Also, timeout errors should be handled in a
different way when the system isn't fast enough to finish the operation given a
time period.

Below is a list of enhancements for systemtap testsuite in order to create more
compatibility with low resources systems:

- 'make check' or 'make installcheck' should detect if system binaries used by
tests (i.e. hexdump, mktemp, sum) support all arguments used (busybox apps
removes non-essential arguments from these).
- Time period given for each test to get timeout should be relative to system
capabilities (i.e. increase time period for ARM-based devices). The majority of
tests which gave timeout errors on maemo executed successfully when timeout was
disabled.

Links:

[1] http://sources.redhat.com/ml/systemtap/2008-q2/msg00073.html

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           Summary: Tests should be aware of low resources systems
           Product: systemtap
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: testsuite
        AssignedTo: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: bruno dot abinader at openbossa dot org


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6655

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