[DTrace-devel] [PATCH] test: Convert tick-* probes to ioctl:entry for tst.allquant.d

[Eugene Loh]

On 5/30/23 18:45, Nick Alcock wrote:

> On 30 May 2023, eugene loh stated:
>
>> From: Eugene Loh <eugene.loh at oracle.com>
>> Convert this "in-between" test as well.  It normally passes, but
>> with variable execution time and has even been observed to time out.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eugene Loh <eugene.loh at oracle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nick Alcock <nick.alcock at oracle.com>
>
>> +/* @@nosort */
> I do wonder why the heck we sort the output by default. Surely more
> tests depend on the output order than don't? At the very least, all the
> aggs tests should be unsorted (via a test.options).

Maybe the default assumption, many years ago, was that "usually" you 
won't know on what CPUs probes are firing and so the order of output is 
not ensured?