[PATCH] script: Add 'random-seed' option to traffic_replay

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Wed, 2018-05-16 at 17:39 +1200, Tim Beale via samba-technical wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> The attach patch adds a new option to the traffic_replay tool that
> allows you to seed the random number generator.
> 
> When you use a model-file to generate traffic, by default the tool
> creates random variation in the packets that it actually generates.
> However, this makes it hard to measure changes in samba performance over
> time, i.e. differences could be just due to random variation in the
> types/number of packets sent, rather than due to the Samba code getting
> better/worse. Using the --random-seed option means an identical set of
> packets gets produced across several different test runs.

This got a positive CI result here:

https://gitlab.com/catalyst-samba/samba/pipelines/22091844

Reviewed-by: Andrew Bartlett <abartlet at samba.org>

Can I get a second team reviewer please?

Thanks,

Andrew Bartlett

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