On Thu, 13 Dec 2018 13:42:24 +0100
Paolo Valente <paolo.vale...@linaro.org> wrote:

> To test the behavior of your system, why don't you check, e.g., how
> long it takes to start an application while there is some background
> I/O?
> 
> A super quick way to do this is
> 
> git clone https://github.com/Algodev-github/S
> cd S/comm_startup_lat
> sudo ./comm_startup_lat.sh <scheduler-you-want-to-test> 5 5 seq 3
> "replay-startup-io gnometerm"
> 
> The last command line
> - starts the reading of 5 files plus the writing of 5 other files
> - replays, for three times, the I/O that gnome terminal does while;
>   starting up (if you want I can tell you how to change the last
> command line so as to execute the original application, but you would
> get the same results);
> - for each attempt, measures how long this start-up I/O takes to
>   complete.

Just a note:  I would feel a lot more comfortable with this utility if
it didn't have to run as root.  Paranoia.  Could you add the
functionality that if it is run as a normal user, it tests the I/O
scheduling scheme currently enabled.  That is, it checks if it is
running as root.  If it isn't, it just uses whatever I/O scheduler is
currently set, ignoring any parameter on the command line.  Running as
root, it behaves exactly as it does now.

The user would be responsible for issuing the 

echo <scheduler-you-want-to-test> > 
/sys/block/<device-you-want-to-test>/queue/scheduler

as root if they wanted to run as a normal user.
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