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Subject: Re: [PATCH 24/24] selftests/resctrl: Ignore failures from L2 CAT
 test with <= 2 bits
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On 2023-10-24 at 12:26:34 +0300, Ilpo J?rvinen wrote:
>L2 CAT test with low number of bits tends to occasionally fail because
>of what seems random variation. The margin is quite small to begin with
>for <= 2 bits in CBM. At times, the result can even become negative.
>While it would be possible to allow negative values for those cases, it
>would be more confusing to user.

"to user" -> "to the user"?

>
>Ignore failures from the tests where <= 2 were used to avoid false
>negative results.
>
>Signed-off-by: Ilpo J?rvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>

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Maciej Wiecz?r-Retman