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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-02-28 04:58:09 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2013-02-28 04:58:09 (GMT) |
commit | 2a7d2b96d5cba7568139d9ab157a0e97ab32440f (patch) | |
tree | ad029d8cc7b7068b7250e914360ec6315fdfa114 /tools/testing/selftests/README.txt | |
parent | e3c4877de8b9d93bd47b6ee88eb594b1c1e10da5 (diff) | |
parent | b67bfe0d42cac56c512dd5da4b1b347a23f4b70a (diff) | |
download | linux-2a7d2b96d5cba7568139d9ab157a0e97ab32440f.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'akpm' (final batch from Andrew)
Merge third patch-bumb from Andrew Morton:
"This wraps me up for -rc1.
- Lots of misc stuff and things which were deferred/missed from
patchbombings 1 & 2.
- ocfs2 things
- lib/scatterlist
- hfsplus
- fatfs
- documentation
- signals
- procfs
- lockdep
- coredump
- seqfile core
- kexec
- Tejun's large IDR tree reworkings
- ipmi
- partitions
- nbd
- random() things
- kfifo
- tools/testing/selftests updates
- Sasha's large and pointless hlist cleanup"
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (163 commits)
hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators
kcmp: make it depend on CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
selftests: add a simple doc
tools/testing/selftests/Makefile: rearrange targets
selftests/efivarfs: add create-read test
selftests/efivarfs: add empty file creation test
selftests: add tests for efivarfs
kfifo: fix kfifo_alloc() and kfifo_init()
kfifo: move kfifo.c from kernel/ to lib/
arch Kconfig: centralise CONFIG_ARCH_NO_VIRT_TO_BUS
w1: add support for DS2413 Dual Channel Addressable Switch
memstick: move the dereference below the NULL test
drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c: use devm_kzalloc
Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: fix typo
include/linux/eventfd.h: fix incorrect filename is a comment
mtd: mtd_stresstest: use prandom_bytes()
mtd: mtd_subpagetest: convert to use prandom library
mtd: mtd_speedtest: use prandom_bytes
mtd: mtd_pagetest: convert to use prandom library
mtd: mtd_oobtest: convert to use prandom library
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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/README.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5e2faf9 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +Linux Kernel Selftests + +The kernel contains a set of "self tests" under the tools/testing/selftests/ +directory. These are intended to be small unit tests to exercise individual +code paths in the kernel. + +Running the selftests +===================== + +To build the tests: + + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests + + +To run the tests: + + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests + +- note that some tests will require root privileges. + + +To run only tests targetted for a single subsystem: + + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=cpu-hotplug run_tests + +See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all possible +targets. + + +Contributing new tests +====================== + +In general, the rules for for selftests are + + * Do as much as you can if you're not root; + + * Don't take too long; + + * Don't break the build on any architecture, and + + * Don't cause the top-level "make run_tests" to fail if your feature is + unconfigured. |