Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 25 Mar 2003 01:16:27 +0100 | | From | Jörn Engel <> | | Subject | Re: Testing: What do you want? |
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On Mon, 24 March 2003 15:06:26 -0800, Craig Thomas wrote: > > OSDL has a set of stress tests that are run on new kernels as they > become available. However, the architectures tested are limited > (compared with the variety that can be found in the world). There > are enough testers in the community to collectively test for > correctness of the kernel. Test suites such as LTP and LSB help > in this regard. > > On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 09:01, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > One of the best things people can do is just use it. OSDL and others run > > stress tests but often its users configurations that find bugs not > > stress and coverage runs.
And another thing I have found to be good at finding bugs is a sick mind. If you intend to crash a system and do just about anything a normal user wouldn't, you will stress all the code paths that are usually not tested.
Jörn
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