linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 06/10] selftests/mm: Don't fail uffd-stress if too many CPUs

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Message-ID: <1c3003a7-5dce-45a5-a4a8-32349ff7f06d@arm.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 23:07:52 +0530
From: Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>
To: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>,
 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/10] selftests/mm: Don't fail uffd-stress if too many
 CPUs



On 28/02/25 10:24 pm, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> This calculation divides a fixed parameter by an environment-dependent
> parameter i.e. the number of CPUs.
> 
> The simple way to avoid machine-specific failures here is to just put a
> cap on the max value of the latter.
> 
> Suggested-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>