Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759364Ab2JYK2A (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:28:00 -0400 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:36436 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759295Ab2JYK16 (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:27:58 -0400 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:20:28 +0100 From: Mel Gorman To: Ezequiel Garcia Cc: Linux-MM , LKML Subject: Re: MMTests 0.06 Message-ID: <20121025102028.GB2558@suse.de> References: <20121012145114.GZ29125@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 942 Lines: 24 On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 05:14:31PM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote: > > The stats reporting still needs work because while some tests know how > > to make a better estimate of mean by filtering outliers it is not being > > handled consistently and the methodology needs work. I know filtering > > statistics like this is a major flaw in the methodology but the decision > > was made in this case in the interest of the benchmarks with unstable > > results completing in a reasonable time. > > > > FWIW, I found a minor problem with sudo and yum incantation when trying this. > > I'm attaching a patch. > Thanks very much. I've picked it up and it'll be in MMTests 0.07. -- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/