On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 3:32 AM 'David Gow' via KUnit Development <kunit-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Add a new QEMU config for kunit_tool, x86_64-smp, which provides an > 8-cpu SMP setup. No other kunit_tool configurations provide an SMP > setup, so this is the best bet for testing things like KCSAN, which > require a multicore/multi-cpu system. > > The choice of 8 CPUs is pretty arbitrary: it's enough to get tests like > KCSAN to run with a nontrivial number of worker threads, while still > working relatively quickly on older machines. > > Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx> I know there is some discussion on this patch, but I think this patch is good as implemented; we could always delete this config if we change our policies later. Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
