From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
To: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Cc: passt-dev@passt.top
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] test: Don't use "outer" passt for memory usage tests
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 09:02:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221101090255.0524dd6d@elisabeth> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221101051937.1294869-3-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
On Tue, 1 Nov 2022 16:19:37 +1100
David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> wrote:
> The memory usage tests check both userspace and kernel memory usage of
> passt. We run it inside a VM so that we can examine kernel memory usage
> without noise from whatever else is happening on the host system.
>
> Currently we also give that VM network connectivity to the outside world
> using another instance of passt on the host. The memory usage tests are
> purely local to the VM, so outside connectivity is neither needed nor
> desirable. Remove it and instead run the passt within the VM against a
> local dummy interface.
Oh, brilliant, I didn't even consider using a dummy interface here. I
would apply this series after re-spinning mine.
--
Stefano
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-01 8:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-01 5:19 [PATCH 0/2] Refinements to memory usage tests David Gibson
2022-11-01 5:19 ` [PATCH 1/2] test: Correct passt binary path for " David Gibson
2022-11-01 5:19 ` [PATCH 2/2] test: Don't use "outer" passt " David Gibson
2022-11-01 8:02 ` Stefano Brivio [this message]
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