Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/31] implement atomic_fetch_$op

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Fri Apr 22 2016 - 14:35:24 EST


Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> OK, weirdness. I received the "BUILD SUCCESS" email without any arm64
>> builds listed, but I just received a build bot email telling me the
>> arm64 build was borked (which I know it is).
>
> Sorry, that may happen because even though most errors will be
> detected in the first hour or before the BUILD SUCCESS/DONE
> notification, the build/boot/performance tests for a particular branch
> may continue for days, during the time test coverage keeps growing.
> Which means it's possible to receive a build failure after receiving
> BUILD SUCCESS notification.
>
> In particular, 0-day bot classify 500+ kconfigs into 2 priority lists:
>
> P1: 100+ realtime priority kconfigs which should be finished before sending
> out BUILD SUCCESS notification
>
> P2: 400+ background priority kconfigs which may take hours to days to finish
>
> That split is a tradeoff between timeliness and completeness. It turns
> out to work well as long as we choose the suitable P1 list.
>
> So the more accurate interpretation of "BUILD SUCCESS/DONE" would be:
> 0day bot is working on your tree (no worry about out-of-service) and
> reached a major milestone.

Thanks, this is very useful information. But would it be also possible
to get a report about the P2 completion (or failure)?

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Kalle Valo