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authorMike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>2015-09-08 18:02:58 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-09-08 18:35:28 -0400
commite6590740ceb83fd014fae7d571fe5a5d5886b7c8 (patch)
treeedb8c65c09430516ecb02d8a1e50961394cc3b82 /Documentation
parentfd5a9ecd6880619bea74c6b12ec86819eacfb012 (diff)
Documentation: update libhugetlbfs location and use for testing
The URL for libhugetlbfs has changed. Also, put a stronger emphasis on using libgugetlbfs for hugetlb regression testing. Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Acked-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com> Cc: Joern Engel <joern@logfs.org> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt b/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt
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@@ -329,7 +329,14 @@ Examples
329 329
3303) hugepage-mmap: see tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-mmap.c 3303) hugepage-mmap: see tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugepage-mmap.c
331 331
3324) The libhugetlbfs (http://libhugetlbfs.sourceforge.net) library provides a 3324) The libhugetlbfs (https://github.com/libhugetlbfs/libhugetlbfs) library
333 wide range of userspace tools to help with huge page usability, environment 333 provides a wide range of userspace tools to help with huge page usability,
334 setup, and control. Furthermore it provides useful test cases that should be 334 environment setup, and control.
335 used when modifying code to ensure no regressions are introduced. 335
336Kernel development regression testing
337=====================================
338
339The most complete set of hugetlb tests are in the libhugetlbfs repository.
340If you modify any hugetlb related code, use the libhugetlbfs test suite
341to check for regressions. In addition, if you add any new hugetlb
342functionality, please add appropriate tests to libhugetlbfs.