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Currently, the -r/--repeat option accepts values from 0 and complains for -1. The help section specifies: -r, --repeat <n> repeat the workload replay N times (-1: infinite) The -r -1 option raises an error because replay_repeat is defined as an unsigned int. In the current implementation, the workload is repeated n times when -r <n> is used, except when n is 0. When -r is set to 0, the workload is also repeated once. This happens because when -r=0, the run_one_test function is not called. (Note that mutex unlocking, which is essential for child threads spawned to emulate the workload, happens in run_one_test.) However, mutex unlocking is still performed in the destroy_tasks function. Thus, -r=0 results in the workload running once coincidentally. To clarify and maintain the existing logic for -r >= 1 (which runs the workload the specified number of times) and to fix the issue with infinite runs, make -r=0 perform an infinite run. Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Madadi Vineeth Reddy <vineethr@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240628071821.15264-1-vineethr@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.