Some tips for benchmarking

[Michael Kruse via llvm-commits]

2016-10-26 20:19 GMT+02:00 Matthias Braun <mbraun at apple.com>:
> Cool. Would it be possible to teach lnt runtests to do that by itself?
>
> In my experience applying those automagically is dangerous. Among other
> things you need root access and get your machine into a really weird state.
>
> I see the value in codifying the things in a script but I would NOT
> integrate this into LNT. Among other things it will probably be really hard
> to maintain and do the right for everyone. So yeah put the stuff in a
> script, but keep it separate from LNT and let users run it manually if they
> need it.

Thank you for the answer. I see that there are issues in automating
system-level and platform-specific modifications. It would just be
more convenient if it could.

Michael