Re: [PATCH] Fixes hang in zstd compression test by changing the source of random data.

From: James Clark
Date: Fri Aug 23 2019 - 04:31:11 EST


Sorry about that, I will look into it.

Thanks
James

On 22/08/2019 22:24, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 06:24:07PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
>> Em Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 01:55:15PM +0000, James Clark escreveu:
>>> Running 'perf test' with zstd compression linked will hang at the test
>>> 'Zstd perf.data compression/decompression' because /dev/random blocks
>>> reads until there is enough entropy. This means that the test will
>>> appear to never complete unless the mouse is continually moved while
>>> running it.
>>
>> message came mangled, had to do it by hand and then hook up your header
>> so as to get the correct date, attribution, etc, please check
>> Documentation/process/email-clients.rst,
>
> Having said that, thanks, applied.
>
> - Arnaldo
>