Re: [PATCH v2] selftest: size: Add size test for Linux kernel

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Thu Nov 20 2014 - 16:58:48 EST


On 11/19/2014 05:13 PM, Tim Bird wrote:
>
> This test shows the amount of memory used by the system.
> Note that this is dependent on the user-space that is loaded
> when this program runs. Optimally, this program would be
> run as the init program itself.
>
> The program is optimized for size itself, to avoid conflating
> its own execution with that of the system software.
> The code is compiled statically, with no stdlibs. On my x86_64 system,
> this results in a statically linked binary of less than 5K.
>
> Changes from v1:
> - use more correct Copyright string in get_size.c
>
> Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 1 +
> tools/testing/selftests/size/Makefile | 21 +++++++
> tools/testing/selftests/size/get_size.c | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 127 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/size/Makefile
> create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/size/get_size.c

Tim,

The test looks good, but you are missing .gitignore file.
Please add a .gitignore for the binary that gets generated to
avoid git status including the binary it in its output.

thanks,
-- Shuah


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Shuah Khan
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley)
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