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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-10-14 18:17:12 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2016-10-14 18:17:12 -0400 |
commit | 5d89d9f502f9c33ed0270d716f238429861e1942 (patch) | |
tree | 6a353640e6836ca465f2dcf00323a7f8a793ae59 /Documentation/kselftest.txt | |
parent | 50cff89837a43a7c62ac080de9742a298d6418b3 (diff) | |
parent | fecf861e765b2f9ce1a0487c3940afaed80ef7a8 (diff) |
Merge tag 'linux-kselftest-4.9-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:
- Fixes and improvements to existing tests
- Moving code from Documentation to selftests, samples, and tools:
* Moves dnotify_test, prctl, ptp, vDSO, ia64, watchdog, and
networking tests from Documentation to selftests.
* Moves mic/mpssd, misc-devices/mei, timers, watchdog, auxdisplay,
and blackfin examples from Documentation to samples.
* Moves accounting, laptops/dslm, and pcmcia/crc32hash tools from
Documentation to tools.
* Deletes BUILD_DOCSRC and its dependencies"
* tag 'linux-kselftest-4.9-rc1-update' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest: (21 commits)
selftests/futex: Check ANSI terminal color support
Doc: update 00-INDEX files to reflect the runnable code move
samples: move blackfin gptimers-example from Documentation
tools: move pcmcia crc32hash tool from Documentation
tools: move laptops dslm tool from Documentation
tools: move accounting tool from Documentation
samples: move auxdisplay example code from Documentation
samples: move watchdog example code from Documentation
samples: move timers example code from Documentation
samples: move misc-devices/mei example code from Documentation
samples: move mic/mpssd example code from Documentation
selftests: Move networking/timestamping from Documentation
selftests: move watchdog tests from Documentation/watchdog
selftests: move ia64 tests from Documentation/ia64
selftests: move vDSO tests from Documentation/vDSO
selftests: move ptp tests from Documentation/ptp
selftests: move prctl tests from Documentation/prctl
selftests: move dnotify_test from Documentation/filesystems
selftests/timers: Add missing error code assignment before test
selftests/zram: replace ZRAM_LZ4_COMPRESS
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kselftest.txt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kselftest.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
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 @@ | |||
1 | Linux Kernel Selftests | 1 | Linux Kernel Selftests |
2 | 2 | ||
3 | The kernel contains a set of "self tests" under the tools/testing/selftests/ | 3 | The kernel contains a set of "self tests" under the tools/testing/selftests/ |
4 | directory. These are intended to be small unit tests to exercise individual | 4 | directory. These are intended to be small tests to exercise individual code |
5 | code paths in the kernel. | 5 | paths in the kernel. Tests are intended to be run after building, installing |
6 | and booting a kernel. | ||
6 | 7 | ||
7 | On some systems, hot-plug tests could hang forever waiting for cpu and | 8 | On some systems, hot-plug tests could hang forever waiting for cpu and |
8 | memory to be ready to be offlined. A special hot-plug target is created | 9 | memory to be ready to be offlined. A special hot-plug target is created |