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| author | Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> | 2020-09-28 22:26:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> | 2020-10-07 15:59:24 +0200 |
| commit | 4c8511317b4ec75cc3868f80a7b9fddb8322e512 (patch) | |
| tree | c18dce54f74b70058970cc804bf5cfdbed44f1ee /Documentation/dev-tools | |
| parent | selftests/run_kselftest.sh: Make each test individually selectable (diff) | |
| download | linux-4c8511317b4ec75cc3868f80a7b9fddb8322e512.tar.xz linux-4c8511317b4ec75cc3868f80a7b9fddb8322e512.zip | |
doc: dev-tools: kselftest.rst: Update examples and paths
Update the installation commands and path details, detail the new
options available in the run_kselftests.sh script.
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/dev-tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 35 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index 469d115a95f1..a901def730d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -125,32 +125,41 @@ Note that some tests will require root privileges. Install selftests ================= -You can use the kselftest_install.sh tool to install selftests in the -default location, which is tools/testing/selftests/kselftest, or in a -user specified location. +You can use the "install" target of "make" (which calls the `kselftest_install.sh` +tool) to install selftests in the default location (`tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install`), +or in a user specified location via the `INSTALL_PATH` "make" variable. To install selftests in default location:: - $ cd tools/testing/selftests - $ ./kselftest_install.sh + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests install To install selftests in a user specified location:: - $ cd tools/testing/selftests - $ ./kselftest_install.sh install_dir + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests install INSTALL_PATH=/some/other/path Running installed selftests =========================== -Kselftest install as well as the Kselftest tarball provide a script -named "run_kselftest.sh" to run the tests. +Found in the install directory, as well as in the Kselftest tarball, +is a script named `run_kselftest.sh` to run the tests. You can simply do the following to run the installed Kselftests. Please note some tests will require root privileges:: - $ cd kselftest + $ cd kselftest_install $ ./run_kselftest.sh +To see the list of available tests, the `-l` option can be used:: + + $ ./run_kselftest.sh -l + +The `-c` option can be used to run all the tests from a test collection, or +the `-t` option for specific single tests. Either can be used multiple times:: + + $ ./run_kselftest.sh -c bpf -c seccomp -t timers:posix_timers -t timer:nanosleep + +For other features see the script usage output, seen with the `-h` option. + Packaging selftests =================== @@ -160,9 +169,9 @@ different system. To package selftests, run:: $ make -C tools/testing/selftests gen_tar This generates a tarball in the `INSTALL_PATH/kselftest-packages` directory. By -default, `.gz` format is used. The tar format can be overridden by specifying -a `FORMAT` make variable. Any value recognized by `tar's auto-compress`_ option -is supported, such as:: +default, `.gz` format is used. The tar compression format can be overridden by +specifying a `FORMAT` make variable. Any value recognized by `tar's auto-compress`_ +option is supported, such as:: $ make -C tools/testing/selftests gen_tar FORMAT=.xz |