From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 29061 invoked by alias); 6 Apr 2009 19:57:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 29049 invoked by uid 22791); 6 Apr 2009 19:57:12 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from NaN.false.org (HELO nan.false.org) (208.75.86.248) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:57:04 +0000 Received: from nan.false.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9A7910EA2; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:57:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from caradoc.them.org (209.195.188.212.nauticom.net [209.195.188.212]) by nan.false.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDDE910E83; Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:57:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from drow by caradoc.them.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LquwG-0006oi-Gh; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:57:00 -0400 Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:57:00 -0000 From: Daniel Jacobowitz To: Paul Pluzhnikov Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: relying on testsuite results Message-ID: <20090406195700.GA26188@caradoc.them.org> Mail-Followup-To: Paul Pluzhnikov , Thiago Jung Bauermann , gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <200901121846.51709.pedro@codesourcery.com> <200902062335.17737.pedro@codesourcery.com> <8ac60eac0902082223q2192830cu8b75f6424fca6c68@mail.gmail.com> <200902092216.54762.pedro@codesourcery.com> <8ac60eac0904061159v4deb9d48n1cf791463e587e54@mail.gmail.com> <1239045480.8871.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> <8ac60eac0904061232g44fe03f2ld850f5b8cbce95c2@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <8ac60eac0904061232g44fe03f2ld850f5b8cbce95c2@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2008-05-11) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-04/txt/msg00111.txt.bz2 On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 12:32:51PM -0700, Paul Pluzhnikov wrote: > > I'd love to rely on testsuite results like this, but unfortunately there > > are too many "non-deterministic testcases" (as I call them) and they add > > a great deal of noise. > > Yes, they do. > I think we should have a "fixit day", when everybody cleans them up. I used to regularly do this, but it's basically impossible to keep up. There are too many configurations and the testsuite is too disorganized. I encourage other folks to try though... The non-deterministic testcases can often be throttled down to the point where they are reasonably likely to pass. I've fixed some of the worst offenders. -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery