[LU-4191] lustre/tests/lnet-selftest.sh: possible misuse of lst --concurrency

Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:55:26 +0000

I looked at a lst test script and saw:
lst add_test --batch b --loop 1000 --concurrency 1 --distribute 2:2 --from c --to s brw read check=full size=4k
lst add_test --batch b --loop 1000 --concurrency 8 --distribute 2:2 --from c --to s brw read check=full size=4k

Unless I've missed something, the two commands are equivalent to a single command:
lst add_test --batch b --loop 1000 --concurrency 9 --distribute 2:2 --from c --to s brw read check=full size=4k

While it's not an error, it doesn't make sense to me to issue two commands while one should suffice.

In lustre/tests/lnet-selftest.sh:
lst_CONCR=${lst_CONCR:-"1 2 4 8"}
if [ "$SLOW" = no ]; then
lst_CONCR="1 8"
fi

I think it'd suffice to:
lst_CONCR=${lst_CONCR:-"8"}
if [ "$SLOW" = no ]; then
lst_CONCR="4"
fi

Running multiple tests at concurrency 8 should suffice to saturate the network, and concurrency 4 would make it run twice faster.

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[LU-4191] lustre/tests/lnet-selftest.sh: possible misuse of lst --concurrency