[PATCH 0/9] Tools and fixes for parallel parsing

[Andrew Donnellan]

On 22/02/18 12:49, Daniel Axtens wrote:
>> dja used to run a testing instance but VMs ain't free :)
> 
> I thought about spinning up a VM, but I'm not sure if it would be
> sufficiently equivalent to the OzLabs set up to actually hit the bug...
> 
> I think hitting the issue it's due to a combination of OzLabs and
> Buildroot features:
>   - how quickly the buildroot mailing list sends mail
>   - how quickly ozlabs receives it - both in terms of mail system lag and
>     just in terms of network locality
>   - how many cpus ozlabs has to parallelise processing, etc
> I don't think I can get an OzLabs like virtual machine for very long
> without spending a *lot* of money.

ACK - given how it's a rare enough issue on the massive ozlabs.org 
instance it'd be very hard to replicate

> 
>> We'll probably just backport this to ozlabs.org after this gets a bit of
>> review.
> 
> I think this is probably the way to go, but it's worth noting that as
> always I'm not at OzLabs any more :)

incorrect, you're no longer at *IBM* any more ;)

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Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan at au1.ibm.com  IBM Australia Limited