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Re: [PATCH] tst-malloc-thread-exit: run less aggressively

From: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf at ezchip dot com>
To: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
Cc: <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 21:59:12 -0500
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tst-malloc-thread-exit: run less aggressively
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On 1/22/2016 2:00 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:

On 01/22/2016 06:34 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:

I haven't finished the mallopt approach.  It seems that my mental model
how the test works is wrong.  Two threads with eight arenas appear to
trigger the issue reliably, but I want to test on a larger machine as
well, to make sure the test is any good there.  The problem there is
that I wasn't

… able to find sufficiently large box.  That has now changed, and I can
confirm that the bug still reproduces with the changed test.

Chris, can you confirm that the tweaked test addresses your problem?
Then I'll send a real patch for review.


Yes, with your patch the test passes, in just over 5 seconds of runtime.

Thanks!

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Chris Metcalf, EZChip Semiconductor
http://www.ezchip.com

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