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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-02-04 01:36:26 +0100 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2022-02-04 01:36:26 +0100 |
| commit | 25b20ae8151b3d5289896f4f200ff790d2cdf4bf (patch) | |
| tree | 573268e6a100e8bbab6b5e7232c8524156ec2afe /Documentation | |
| parent | printk: Fix incorrect __user type in proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin() (diff) | |
| parent | kselftest: Fix vdso_test_abi return status (diff) | |
| download | linux-25b20ae8151b3d5289896f4f200ff790d2cdf4bf.tar.xz linux-25b20ae8151b3d5289896f4f200ff790d2cdf4bf.zip | |
Merge tag 'linux-kselftest-fixes-5.17-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest
Pull Kselftest fixes from Shuah Khan:
"Important fixes to several tests and documentation clarification on
running mainline kselftest on stable releases. A few notable fixes:
- fix kselftest run hang due to child processes that haven't been
terminated. Fix signals all child processes
- fix false pass/fail results from vdso_test_abi, openat2, mincore
- build failures when using -j (multiple jobs) option
- exec test build failure due to incorrect build rule for a run-time
created "pipe"
- zram test fixes related to interaction with zram-generator to make
sure zram test to coordinate deleted with zram-generator
- zram test compression ratio calculation fix and skipping
max_comp_streams.
- increasing rtc test timeout
- cpufreq test to write test results to stdout which will necessary
on automated test systems"
* tag 'linux-kselftest-fixes-5.17-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest:
kselftest: Fix vdso_test_abi return status
selftests: skip mincore.check_file_mmap when fs lacks needed support
selftests: openat2: Skip testcases that fail with EOPNOTSUPP
selftests: openat2: Add missing dependency in Makefile
selftests: openat2: Print also errno in failure messages
selftests: futex: Use variable MAKE instead of make
selftests/exec: Remove pipe from TEST_GEN_FILES
selftests/zram: Adapt the situation that /dev/zram0 is being used
selftests/zram01.sh: Fix compression ratio calculation
selftests/zram: Skip max_comp_streams interface on newer kernel
docs/kselftest: clarify running mainline tests on stables
kselftest: signal all child processes
selftests: cpufreq: Write test output to stdout as well
selftests: rtc: Increase test timeout so that all tests run
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index dcefee707ccd..a833ecf12fbc 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ directory. These are intended to be small tests to exercise individual code paths in the kernel. Tests are intended to be run after building, installing and booting a kernel. +Kselftest from mainline can be run on older stable kernels. Running tests +from mainline offers the best coverage. Several test rings run mainline +kselftest suite on stable releases. The reason is that when a new test +gets added to test existing code to regression test a bug, we should be +able to run that test on an older kernel. Hence, it is important to keep +code that can still test an older kernel and make sure it skips the test +gracefully on newer releases. + You can find additional information on Kselftest framework, how to write new tests using the framework on Kselftest wiki: |