linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/13] HW-latency: hardware latency test 0.10

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Date:	Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:44:09 +0100
From:	No recipient <no.recipient@...adoxuncreated.com>
To:	Luming Yu <luming.yu@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/13] HW-latency: hardware latency test 0.10

On Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:59:32 +0100, Luming Yu <luming.yu@...il.com> wrote:

> This patch is the first step to test some basic hardware functions like
> TSC to help people understand if there is any hardware latency as well
> as throughput problem exposed on bare metal or left behind by BIOS or
> interfered by SMI. Currently the patch tests TSC, CPU Frequency and
> RDRAND which is a new CPU instruction to get random number introduced in
> new CPU like Intel Ivy Bridge in stop_machine context,which is choosen to
> make sure testers fully control their system under test to rule out some
> level of unwanted noise.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luming Yu <luming.yu@...el.com>

That patch has my full stamp of approval!
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