> > Automatic regression tests very rarely help. Most of the bugs that
> > get into a shipping kernel now are ones I can't reproduce even given a
> > description let alone find randomly
>
> But if the cost is negligible, even that "rarely" is worth it.
>
> Perhaps a start would be to run Larry McVoy's lmbench? That way you'd see
> if there are performance regressions too.
Actually lmbench has helped me to find a number of kernel bugs which no
application has catched. So yes, I think running lmbench is a good idea
beyond just messuring performance.
Ralf
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