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| author |   Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2022-02-21 11:53:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2022-02-21 11:53:51 +0100 |
| commit | 6255b48aebfd4dff375e97fc8b075a235848db0b (patch) | |
| tree | bcedf2b959a843a18cf7ebcc9120a0dd1c4e234f /Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | |
| parent | arm64: Support PREEMPT_DYNAMIC (diff) | |
| parent | Linux 5.17-rc5 (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-6255b48aebfd4dff375e97fc8b075a235848db0b.tar.xz linux-dev-6255b48aebfd4dff375e97fc8b075a235848db0b.zip | |
Merge tag 'v5.17-rc5' into sched/core, to resolve conflicts
New conflicts in sched/core due to the following upstream fixes:
44585f7bc0cb ("psi: fix "defined but not used" warnings when CONFIG_PROC_FS=n")
a06247c6804f ("psi: Fix uaf issue when psi trigger is destroyed while being polled")
Conflicts:
include/linux/psi_types.h
kernel/sched/psi.c
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index dcefee707ccd..a833ecf12fbc 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ 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. +Kselftest from mainline can be run on older stable kernels. Running tests +from mainline offers the best coverage. Several test rings run mainline +kselftest suite on stable releases. The reason is that when a new test +gets added to test existing code to regression test a bug, we should be +able to run that test on an older kernel. Hence, it is important to keep +code that can still test an older kernel and make sure it skips the test +gracefully on newer releases. + You can find additional information on Kselftest framework, how to write new tests using the framework on Kselftest wiki: |