Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-ktest

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-ktest:
  ktest: Add INGORE_ERRORS to ignore warnings in boot up
  ktest: Still do reboot even for REBOOT_TYPE = script
  ktest: Fix compare script to test if options are not documented
  ktest: Detect typos in option names
  ktest: Have all values be set by defaults
  ktest: Change initialization of defaults hash to perl format
  ktest: Add options SWITCH_TO_GOOD and SWITCH_TO_TEST
  ktest: Allow overriding bisect test results
  ktest: Evaluate options before processing them
  ktest: Evaluate $KERNEL_VERSION in both install and post install
  ktest: Only ask options needed for install
  ktest: When creating a new config, ask for BUILD_OPTIONS
  ktest: Do not ask for some options if the only test is build
  ktest: Ask for type of test when creating a new config
  ktest: Allow bisect test to restart where it left off
  ktest: When creating new config, allow the use of ${THIS_DIR}
  ktest: Add default for ssh-user, build-target and target-image
  ktest: Allow success logs to be stored
  ktest: Save test output

1 files changed, 86 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index 553c06b7d6f2..5ea04c6a71bf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -346,7 +346,10 @@
 #GRUB_MENU = Test Kernel
 
 # A script to reboot the target into the test kernel
-# (Only mandatory if REBOOT_TYPE = script)
+# This and SWITCH_TO_TEST are about the same, except
+# SWITCH_TO_TEST is run even for REBOOT_TYPE = grub.
+# This may be left undefined.
+# (default undefined)
 #REBOOT_SCRIPT =
 
 #### Optional Config Options (all have defaults) ####
@@ -468,6 +471,27 @@
 # The test will not modify that file.
 #REBOOT_TYPE = grub
 
+# If you are using a machine that doesn't boot with grub, and
+# perhaps gets its kernel from a remote server (tftp), then
+# you can use this option to update the target image with the
+# test image.
+#
+# You could also do the same with POST_INSTALL, but the difference
+# between that option and this option is that POST_INSTALL runs
+# after the install, where this one runs just before a reboot.
+# (default undefined)
+#SWITCH_TO_TEST = cp ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${BUILD_TARGET} ${TARGET_IMAGE}
+
+# If you are using a machine that doesn't boot with grub, and
+# perhaps gets its kernel from a remote server (tftp), then
+# you can use this option to update the target image with the
+# the known good image to reboot safely back into.
+#
+# This option holds a command that will execute before needing
+# to reboot to a good known image.
+# (default undefined)
+#SWITCH_TO_GOOD = ssh ${SSH_USER}/${MACHINE} cp good_image ${TARGET_IMAGE}
+
 # The min config that is needed to build for the machine
 # A nice way to create this is with the following:
 #
@@ -589,6 +613,12 @@
 # (default undefined)
 #STORE_FAILURES = /home/test/failures
 
+# Directory to store success directories on success. If this is not
+# set, the .config, dmesg and bootlog will not be saved if a
+# test succeeds.
+# (default undefined)
+#STORE_SUCCESSES = /home/test/successes
+
 # Build without doing a make mrproper, or removing .config
 # (default 0)
 #BUILD_NOCLEAN = 0
@@ -700,6 +730,25 @@
 # (default 1)
 #DETECT_TRIPLE_FAULT = 0
 
+# All options in the config file should be either used by ktest
+# or could be used within a value of another option. If an option
+# in the config file is not used, ktest will warn about it and ask
+# if you want to continue.
+#
+# If you don't care if there are non-used options, enable this
+# option. Be careful though, a non-used option is usually a sign
+# of an option name being typed incorrectly.
+# (default 0)
+#IGNORE_UNUSED = 1
+
+# When testing a kernel that happens to have WARNINGs, and call
+# traces, ktest.pl will detect these and fail a boot or test run
+# due to warnings. By setting this option, ktest will ignore
+# call traces, and will not fail a test if the kernel produces
+# an oops. Use this option with care.
+# (default 0)
+#IGNORE_ERRORS = 1
+
 #### Per test run options ####
 # The following options are only allowed in TEST_START sections.
 # They are ignored in the DEFAULTS sections.
@@ -862,6 +911,42 @@
 #   BISECT_BAD with BISECT_CHECK = good or
 #   BISECT_CHECK = bad, respectively.
 #
+# BISECT_RET_GOOD = 0 (optional, default undefined)
+#
+#   In case the specificed test returns something other than just
+#   0 for good, and non-zero for bad, you can override 0 being
+#   good by defining BISECT_RET_GOOD.
+#
+# BISECT_RET_BAD = 1 (optional, default undefined)
+#
+#   In case the specificed test returns something other than just
+#   0 for good, and non-zero for bad, you can override non-zero being
+#   bad by defining BISECT_RET_BAD.
+#
+# BISECT_RET_ABORT = 255 (optional, default undefined)
+#
+#   If you need to abort the bisect if the test discovers something
+#   that was wrong, you can define BISECT_RET_ABORT to be the error
+#   code returned by the test in order to abort the bisect.
+#
+# BISECT_RET_SKIP = 2 (optional, default undefined)
+#
+#   If the test detects that the current commit is neither good
+#   nor bad, but something else happened (another bug detected)
+#   you can specify BISECT_RET_SKIP to an error code that the
+#   test returns when it should skip the current commit.
+#
+# BISECT_RET_DEFAULT = good (optional, default undefined)
+#
+#   You can override the default of what to do when the above
+#   options are not hit. This may be one of, "good", "bad",
+#   "abort" or "skip" (without the quotes).
+#
+#   Note, if you do not define any of the previous BISECT_RET_*
+#   and define BISECT_RET_DEFAULT, all bisects results will do
+#   what the BISECT_RET_DEFAULT has.
+#
+#
 # Example:
 #   TEST_START
 #   TEST_TYPE = bisect