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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] kunit: tool: Add x86_64-smp architecture for SMP testing
    On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 3:32 AM 'David Gow' via KUnit Development
    <kunit-dev@googlegroups.com> wrote:
    >
    > Add a new QEMU config for kunit_tool, x86_64-smp, which provides an
    > 8-cpu SMP setup. No other kunit_tool configurations provide an SMP
    > setup, so this is the best bet for testing things like KCSAN, which
    > require a multicore/multi-cpu system.
    >
    > The choice of 8 CPUs is pretty arbitrary: it's enough to get tests like
    > KCSAN to run with a nontrivial number of worker threads, while still
    > working relatively quickly on older machines.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>

    I know there is some discussion on this patch, but I think this patch
    is good as implemented; we could always delete this config if we
    change our policies later.

    Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>

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