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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] selftests/x86: add "ffff8" -- kernel memory scanner
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To:     Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>,
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On 10/29/22 10:25, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> 
> 	$ ./ffff8_64 -h
> 	usage: ./ffff8_64 [-f] [-r] [-n N] [-s S]
> 	        -f: sequential scan
> 	        -r: random scan (default)
> 	        -n: use N threads (default: $(nproc))
> 	        -s: lowest address shift (default: 47)
> 	        -t: time to run (default: 256 seconds)

Does this mean that if someone is just running all kernel selftests,
they need to wait for 256 seconds for this to finish?