Kernel Performance Testing on ARM

This post will be talking about , how you can do kernel regression , stress and performance testing on ARM architecture.

Setup:

To set up your ARM device , you need an image to get started. I was intending to test the latest compose(Fedora 26 1.4 Beta on Raspberry Pi 3 Model B). Download the file (Workstation raw-xz for armhfp) or any variant that you want to test.

Once the file is download, all you need to do is to get a SD card and write the img in the card.

There are two ways of doing it using "Fedora Media Writer" which can now burn the image for ARM devices. The other way is the old dd , here is how you do it using dd





Once the dd has executed itself successfully , its time to plug in the SD in ARM device and boot it up. Once the ARM device is booted up all you need to do is to
clone the kernel test suite from here


Dependencies and Execution:

You will need 2 packages
1.gcc
2.fedora-python

You can install them by executing "sudo dnf install fedora-python gcc"

Executing test cases:

Each test should be contained in a unique directory within the appropriate top level. The directory must contain an executable 'runtest.sh' which will drive the specific test. There is no guarantee on the order of execution. Each test should be fully independent, and have no dependency on other tests. The top level directories are reflective of how the master test suite is called. Each option is a super-set of the options before it. At this time we have:
  • minimal: This directory should include small, fast, and important tests which would should be run on every system.
  • default: This directory will include most tests which are not destructive, or particularly long to run. When a user runs with no flags, all tests in both default and minimal will be run.
  • stress: This directory will include longer running and more resource intensive tests which a user might not want to run in the common case due to time or resource constraints.
  • destructive: This directory contains tests which have a higher probability of causing harm to a system even in the pass case. This would include things like potential for data loss.
  • performance: This directory contains longer running performance tests. These tests should typically be the only load on a system to get an accurate result.

After Executing
$ sudo ./runtests.sh -t performance
Each test is executed by the control script by calling runtest.sh. stdout and stderr are both redirected to the log. Any user running with default flags should see nothing but the name of the directory and pass/fail/skip. The runtest.sh should manage the full test run. This includes compiling any necessary source, checking for any specific dependencies, and skipping if they are not met. 



View the Log file with cat <file path> , the log file will give the device information and the test result.











The test is complete and the results is "PASS" in this case .







































Almost at the end of the file you will get the data and values of the tests.

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