linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 3/5] perf test: Remove parallel option documentation

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Message-ID: <Z4BwzZ27OrG19EL7@google.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 16:58:53 -0800
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
	James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/5] perf test: Remove parallel option documentation

On Thu, Jan 09, 2025 at 01:50:53PM -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> The parallel option was removed in commit 94d1a913bdc4 ("perf test:
> Make parallel testing the default").
> 
> Fixes: 94d1a913bdc4 ("perf test: Make parallel testing the default")
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt | 6 ------
>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
> index efcdec528a8f..8f8a3c367570 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
> +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt
> @@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ OPTIONS
>  --sequential::
>  	Run tests one after the other, this is the default mode.

This needs to be changed too as it's not the default anymore. :)

Thanks,
Namhyung

>  
> --p:: 
> ---parallel::
> -	Run tests in parallel, speeds up the whole process but is not safe with
> -	the current infrastructure, where some tests that compete for some resources,
> -	for instance, 'perf probe' tests that add/remove probes or clean all probes, etc.
> -
>  -F::
>  --dont-fork::
>  	Do not fork child for each test, run all tests within single process, this
> -- 
> 2.47.1.613.gc27f4b7a9f-goog
>