[igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t] intel-ci: Drop gem_ctx_switch trivial stress tests
Mika Kuoppala
mika.kuoppala at linux.intel.com
Thu Nov 28 11:34:07 UTC 2019
Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk> writes:
> We only use the most trivial of many-context switch stress tests in the
> shards. With no verification of behaviour, they only serve to see if the
> kernel explodes. We have many, many other context switches with varying
> workloads and requirements that _do_ verify expected behaviour and
> providing en masse good stress. We also have much more precise
> verification of the context switch inside the kernel, making these
> simple stress tests redundant.
>
> However, a stress test is a stress test, so keep it around for developer
> peace of mind. As usual, if a stress test ever produces a hit, we need
> to reduce it down to a new test for CI.
>
> By dropping them we remove over 10 minutes of runtime from the shards,
> that afair have never produced a unique warning.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> Cc: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen at linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Mika Kuoppala <mika.kuoppala at linux.intel.com>
> ---
> tests/intel-ci/blacklist.txt | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tests/intel-ci/blacklist.txt b/tests/intel-ci/blacklist.txt
> index 056ad7324..4bca1b6c5 100644
> --- a/tests/intel-ci/blacklist.txt
> +++ b/tests/intel-ci/blacklist.txt
> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ igt at gem_cs_prefetch(@.*)?
> igt at gem_ctx_create@(?!.*basic).*
> igt at gem_ctx_exec@(?!.*basic).*
> igt at gem_ctx_shared@*exhaust*
> -igt at gem_ctx_switch@.*(forked|interruptible).*
> +igt at gem_ctx_switch(@.*)?
> igt at gem_ctx_thrash(@.*)?
> igt at gem_evict_alignment(@.*)?
> igt at gem_evict_everything(@.*)?
> --
> 2.24.0
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