Re: [PATCH] Execute tests in place when location is accessible on target

[Maxim Kuvyrkov]

On Jun 5, 2014, at 9:15 PM, Ben Elliston <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 05, 2014 at 09:16:13AM +1200, Maxim Kuvyrkov wrote:
> 
>> This optimization removes 3 ssh requests to target: one to copy the
>  test, one to "chmod +x" it, and one to delete the test file.
> 
> Nice. How much time does this save on a typical testsuite run?

For truly remote testing (inter-country or inter-continent) -- a lot, up to 4 
times (3 out of 4 ssh requests are removed).  For long-latency remote 
connections it is the ssh latency that dominates testing.

Thank you,

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Maxim Kuvyrkov
www.linaro.org