Re: [PATCH 2/2] oslat: Don't take trace_threshold into account during preheat

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On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 10:48:49AM +0200, Nicolas Saenz Julienne wrote:
> The point of preheat is to make sure CPUs are out of idle and running at
> max frequency by the time the real test starts. So it's expected to
> incur into extra latencies we don't really mean to measure. With this in
> mind, it doesn't make sense to take into account the trace threshold
> during that run. So don't do it.
> 
> Note that this has been observed in practice. The threshold would be hit
> during preheat but not during the real test.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzju@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Peter Xu




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