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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-07-07 23:04:47 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2017-07-07 23:04:47 +0200
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Merge tag 'linux-kselftest-4.13-rc1-update' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest
Pull Kselftest updates from Shuah Khan: "This update consists of: - TAP13 framework and changes to some tests to convert to TAP13. Converting kselftest output to standard format will help identify run to run differences and pin point failures easily. TAP13 format has been in use for several years and the output is human friendly. Please find the specification: https://testanything.org/tap-version-13-specification.html Credit goes to Tim Bird for recommending TAP13 as a suitable format, and to Grag KH for kick starting the work with help from Paul Elder and Alice Ferrazzi The first phase of the TAp13 conversion is included in this update. Future updates will include updates to rest of the tests. - Masami Hiramatsu fixed ftrace to run on 4.9 stable kernels. - Kselftest documnetation has been converted to ReST format. Document now has a new home under Documentation/dev-tools. - kselftest_harness.h is now available for general use as a result of Mickaël Salaün's work. - Several fixes to skip and/or fail tests gracefully on older releases" * tag 'linux-kselftest-4.13-rc1-update' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest: (48 commits) selftests: membarrier: use ksft_* var arg msg api selftests: breakpoints: breakpoint_test_arm64: convert test to use TAP13 selftests: breakpoints: step_after_suspend_test use ksft_* var arg msg api selftests: breakpoint_test: use ksft_* var arg msg api kselftest: add ksft_print_msg() function to output general information kselftest: make ksft_* output functions variadic selftests/capabilities: Fix the test_execve test selftests: intel_pstate: add .gitignore selftests: fix memory-hotplug test selftests: add missing test name in memory-hotplug test selftests: check percentage range for memory-hotplug test selftests: check hot-pluggagble memory for memory-hotplug test selftests: typo correction for memory-hotplug test selftests: ftrace: Use md5sum to take less time of checking logs tools/testing/selftests/sysctl: Add pre-check to the value of writes_strict kselftest.rst: do some adjustments after ReST conversion selftest/net/Makefile: Specify output with $(OUTPUT) selftest/intel_pstate/aperf: Use LDLIBS instead of LDFLAGS selftest/memfd/Makefile: Fix build error selftests: lib: Skip tests on missing test modules ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/00-INDEX2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst (renamed from Documentation/kselftest.txt)82
3 files changed, 65 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/00-INDEX b/Documentation/00-INDEX
index f35473f8c630..3bec49c33bbb 100644
--- a/Documentation/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/00-INDEX
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ kprobes.txt
- documents the kernel probes debugging feature.
kref.txt
- docs on adding reference counters (krefs) to kernel objects.
-kselftest.txt
- - small unittests for (some) individual codepaths in the kernel.
laptops/
- directory with laptop related info and laptop driver documentation.
ldm.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
index 4ac991dbddb7..a81787cd47d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ whole; patches welcome!
kmemcheck
gdb-kernel-debugging
kgdb
+ kselftest
.. only:: subproject and html
diff --git a/Documentation/kselftest.txt b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
index 5bd590335839..ebd03d11d2c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/kselftest.txt
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+======================
Linux Kernel Selftests
+======================
The kernel contains a set of "self tests" under the tools/testing/selftests/
directory. These are intended to be small tests to exercise individual code
@@ -15,28 +17,33 @@ hotplug test is run on 2% of hotplug capable memory instead of 10%.
Running the selftests (hotplug tests are run in limited mode)
=============================================================
-To build the tests:
+To build the tests::
+
$ make -C tools/testing/selftests
+To run the tests::
-To run the tests:
$ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests
-To build and run the tests with a single command, use:
+To build and run the tests with a single command, use::
+
$ make kselftest
-- note that some tests will require root privileges.
+Note that some tests will require root privileges.
Running a subset of selftests
-========================================
+=============================
+
You can use the "TARGETS" variable on the make command line to specify
single test to run, or a list of tests to run.
-To run only tests targeted for a single subsystem:
- $ make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=ptrace run_tests
+To run only tests targeted for a single subsystem::
+
+ $ make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=ptrace run_tests
+
+You can specify multiple tests to build and run::
-You can specify multiple tests to build and run:
$ make TARGETS="size timers" kselftest
See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all
@@ -46,13 +53,15 @@ possible targets.
Running the full range hotplug selftests
========================================
-To build the hotplug tests:
+To build the hotplug tests::
+
$ make -C tools/testing/selftests hotplug
-To run the hotplug tests:
+To run the hotplug tests::
+
$ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_hotplug
-- note that some tests will require root privileges.
+Note that some tests will require root privileges.
Install selftests
@@ -62,11 +71,13 @@ You can use kselftest_install.sh tool installs selftests in default
location which is tools/testing/selftests/kselftest or a user specified
location.
-To install selftests in default location:
+To install selftests in default location::
+
$ cd tools/testing/selftests
$ ./kselftest_install.sh
-To install selftests in a user specified location:
+To install selftests in a user specified location::
+
$ cd tools/testing/selftests
$ ./kselftest_install.sh install_dir
@@ -77,10 +88,10 @@ Kselftest install as well as the Kselftest tarball provide 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.
+note some tests will require root privileges::
-cd kselftest
-./run_kselftest.sh
+ $ cd kselftest
+ $ ./run_kselftest.sh
Contributing new tests
======================
@@ -96,14 +107,49 @@ In general, the rules for selftests are
* Don't cause the top-level "make run_tests" to fail if your feature is
unconfigured.
-Contributing new tests(details)
-===============================
+Contributing new tests (details)
+================================
* Use TEST_GEN_XXX if such binaries or files are generated during
compiling.
+
TEST_PROGS, TEST_GEN_PROGS mean it is the excutable tested by
default.
+
TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED, TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED mean it is the
executable which is not tested by default.
TEST_FILES, TEST_GEN_FILES mean it is the file which is used by
test.
+
+Test Harness
+============
+
+The kselftest_harness.h file contains useful helpers to build tests. The tests
+from tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c can be used as example.
+
+Example
+-------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+ :doc: example
+
+
+Helpers
+-------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+ :functions: TH_LOG TEST TEST_SIGNAL FIXTURE FIXTURE_DATA FIXTURE_SETUP
+ FIXTURE_TEARDOWN TEST_F TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
+
+Operators
+---------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+ :doc: operators
+
+.. kernel-doc:: tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+ :functions: ASSERT_EQ ASSERT_NE ASSERT_LT ASSERT_LE ASSERT_GT ASSERT_GE
+ ASSERT_NULL ASSERT_TRUE ASSERT_NULL ASSERT_TRUE ASSERT_FALSE
+ ASSERT_STREQ ASSERT_STRNE EXPECT_EQ EXPECT_NE EXPECT_LT
+ EXPECT_LE EXPECT_GT EXPECT_GE EXPECT_NULL EXPECT_TRUE
+ EXPECT_FALSE EXPECT_STREQ EXPECT_STRNE