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diff --git a/Documentation/kselftest.txt b/Documentation/kselftest.txt index 979eacae243d..54bee77fa728 100644 --- a/Documentation/kselftest.txt +++ b/Documentation/kselftest.txt @@ -1,8 +1,9 @@ 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. +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. On some systems, hot-plug tests could hang forever waiting for cpu and memory to be ready to be offlined. A special hot-plug target is created |