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diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf index 2eb4bd2f6ab4..172eec4517fb 100644 --- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf +++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf @@ -1028,6 +1028,20 @@ # BISECT_BAD with BISECT_CHECK = good or # BISECT_CHECK = bad, respectively. # +# BISECT_TRIES = 5 (optional, default 1) +# +# For those cases that it takes several tries to hit a bug, +# the BISECT_TRIES is useful. It is the number of times the +# test is ran before it says the kernel is good. The first failure +# will stop trying and mark the current SHA1 as bad. +# +# Note, as with all race bugs, there's no guarantee that if +# it succeeds, it is really a good bisect. But it helps in case +# the bug is some what reliable. +# +# You can set BISECT_TRIES to zero, and all tests will be considered +# good, unless you also set BISECT_MANUAL. +# # BISECT_RET_GOOD = 0 (optional, default undefined) # # In case the specificed test returns something other than just |