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diff --git a/test/lib/aux.sh b/test/lib/aux.sh
index ca9406383..58439d62d 100644
--- a/test/lib/aux.sh
+++ b/test/lib/aux.sh
@@ -1206,6 +1206,16 @@ remove_dm_devs() {
# Throttle down performance of kcopyd when mirroring i.e. disk image
throttle_sys="/sys/module/dm_mirror/parameters/raid1_resync_throttle"
throttle_dm_mirror() {
+ # if the kernel config file is present, validate whether the kernel uses HZ_1000
+ # and return failure for this 'throttling' when it does NOT as without this setting
+ # whole throttling is pointless on modern hardware
+ local kconfig="/boot/config-$(uname -r)"
+ if test -e "$kconfig" ; then
+ grep -q "CONFIG_HZ_1000=y" "$kconfig" 2>/dev/null || {
+ echo "WARNING: CONFIG_HZ_1000=y is NOT set in $kconfig -> throttling is unusable"
+ return 1
+ }
+ fi
test -e "$throttle_sys" || return
test -f THROTTLE || cat "$throttle_sys" > THROTTLE
echo ${1-1} > "$throttle_sys"