Stress-testing the Linux kernel

A design process for standardized testing of Linux

Level: Introductory

Robert Williamson (robbiew@us.ibm.com)
Software Engineer, Linux Technology Center, IBM
30 Jun 2004
Automating software testing allows you to run the same tests over a period of time, ensuring that you are really comparing apples to apples and oranges to oranges. In this article, Linux Test Project team members share their methodology and rationale, as well as the scripts and tools they use to stress-test the Linux