Merge tag 'linux-kselftest-5.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest

Pull kselftest updates from Shuah Khan:
 "This consists of:

   - Several fixes from Masami Hiramatsu to improve coverage for lib and
     sysctl tests.

   - Clean up to vdso test and a new test for getcpu() from Mark Brown.

   - Add new gen_tar selftests Makefile target generate selftest package
     running "make gen_tar" in selftests directory from Veronika
     Kabatova.

   - Other miscellaneous fixes to timens, exec, tpm2 tests"

* tag 'linux-kselftest-5.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest:
  selftests/sysctl: Make sysctl test driver as a module
  selftests/sysctl: Fix to load test_sysctl module
  lib: Make test_sysctl initialized as module
  lib: Make prime number generator independently selectable
  selftests/ftrace: Return unsupported if no error_log file
  selftests/ftrace: Use printf for backslash included command
  selftests/timens: handle a case when alarm clocks are not supported
  Kernel selftests: Add check if TPM devices are supported
  selftests: vdso: Add a selftest for vDSO getcpu()
  selftests: vdso: Use a header file to prototype parse_vdso API
  selftests: vdso: Rename vdso_test to vdso_test_gettimeofday
  selftests/exec: Verify execve of non-regular files fail
  selftests: introduce gen_tar Makefile target

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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
index 5d1f56fcd2e7..469d115a95f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
@@ -151,6 +151,29 @@ note some tests will require root privileges::
    $ cd kselftest
    $ ./run_kselftest.sh
 
+Packaging selftests
+===================
+
+In some cases packaging is desired, such as when tests need to run on a
+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::
+
+    $ make -C tools/testing/selftests gen_tar FORMAT=.xz
+
+`make gen_tar` invokes `make install` so you can use it to package a subset of
+tests by using variables specified in `Running a subset of selftests`_
+section::
+
+    $ make -C tools/testing/selftests gen_tar TARGETS="bpf" FORMAT=.xz
+
+.. _tar's auto-compress: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/gzip.html#auto_002dcompress
+
 Contributing new tests
 ======================