perf tests: Fixes hang in zstd compression test by changing the source of random data
Running 'perf test' with zstd compression linked will hang at the test 'Zstd perf.data compression/decompression' because /dev/random blocks reads until there is enough entropy. This means that the test will appear to never complete unless the mouse is continually moved while running it. Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jeremy Linton <jeremy.linton@arm.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/3d8cc701-df4e-f949-1715-5118b530e990@arm.comSigned-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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