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| author | Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> | 2025-01-09 20:57:34 -0800 |
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| committer | Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> | 2025-01-16 11:01:03 -0800 |
| commit | 4dd8bc4bf58e973eea3fdf5e2013011d83fba6c4 (patch) | |
| tree | 71815251411ff1616de34d05a08cbb8d1cde96e7 | |
| parent | 2b7b78efc8c91430fd81a07d8fb4e0a89456aff8 (diff) | |
perf test: Fix parallel/sequential option documentation
The parallel option was removed in commit 94d1a913bdc4 ("perf test:
Make parallel testing the default"). Update the sequential
documentation to reflect it isn't the default except for "exclusive"
tests.
Fixes: 94d1a913bdc4 ("perf test: Make parallel testing the default")
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250110045736.598281-4-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt index efcdec528a8f..2e40869b64de 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-test.txt @@ -33,13 +33,9 @@ OPTIONS -S:: --sequential:: - Run tests one after the other, this is the default mode. - --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. + Run all tests one after the other. By default "exclusive" + tests are run sequentially, but other tests are run in + parallel to speed execution. -F:: --dont-fork:: |