linux-kernel - Re: MMTests 0.06

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Message-ID: <20121025102028.GB2558@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:20:28 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@...il.com>
Cc:	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: MMTests 0.06

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 05:14:31PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> > The stats reporting still needs work because while some tests know how
> > to make a better estimate of mean by filtering outliers it is not being
> > handled consistently and the methodology needs work. I know filtering
> > statistics like this is a major flaw in the methodology but the decision
> > was made in this case in the interest of the benchmarks with unstable
> > results completing in a reasonable time.
> >
> 
> FWIW, I found a minor problem with sudo and yum incantation when trying this.
> 
> I'm attaching a patch.
> 

Thanks very much. I've picked it up and it'll be in MMTests 0.07.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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