Re: [LTP] [PATCH] Making ltp run for N sequential runs

[Subrata M. <su...@li...>]

On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 14:00 -0200, Ricardo Salveti de Araujo wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 January 2008 13:49:44 Subrata Modak wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >It has been a long demand that ltp should be able to run say N no. of
> >times sequentially. If we choose the default run, then all the default
> >test cases will complete one run and then repeat over again and again.
> >Similar will be the case if you choose selective test cases. This is
> >mainly required for situations where the test case(s) is doubted to
> >generate different results in the same environment in continuous runs.
> >Unlike the -t Option which allows you to run the tests only in a
> >particular interval (and here you don´t know where it will get
> >terminated exactly), this option -T <REPETITION> will allow you to run
> >this <REPETITION> times irrespective of the time it takes, and,
> >definitely will vary from machine to machine, and the test case that you
> >have selected to run. Instead of twiking the PAN (as it is stable
> >enough), i found this simple implementation more attractive.
> >
> >Please review the attached patch. It works well for me.
> 
> Look good for me, I just think that we should print a message for the user 
> saying that LTP will run the command test file for T times.

Here comes the modified Patch which takes care of your need, as, well as
Randyś comment(s). Post patch the following command:

./runltp -f syscalls-access -p -l ltp-syscalls-access.log -T 15 -g
ltp-syscalls-access-iteration.html

generates the attached results.

Thanks--
Subrata



> 
> Thanks,