linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/14] perf tests: Spawn child for each test

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Message-ID: <20140527073953.GC12920@krava.brq.redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 May 2014 09:39:53 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Jean Pihet <jean.pihet@...aro.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/14] perf tests: Spawn child for each test

On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 10:08:25AM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2014 19:23:31 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > In upcoming tests we will setup process limits, which
> > might affect other tests. Spawning child for each test
> > to prevent this.
> 
> But you can restore original limits after the test using soft limits?
> But I think it's better to run the tests in a child anyway. :)

right.. I also recalled that Ingo recommended this before,
I'll queue this one separately..

thanks,
jirka

> 
> Thanks,
> Namhyung
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