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| author |   Tim Bird <tim.bird@sonymobile.com> | 2014-11-19 16:16:16 -0800 |
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| committer |   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2014-11-24 10:49:54 -0700 |
| commit | 3c415707b37f1e4483c418c77f57692b89bcfd5e (patch) | |
| tree | 12cc44c1f3cadcf696e0d4450b9ae82617a89798 /tools/testing/selftests/README.txt | |
| parent | CodingStyle: Add a chapter on conditional compilation (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-3c415707b37f1e4483c418c77f57692b89bcfd5e.tar.xz linux-dev-3c415707b37f1e4483c418c77f57692b89bcfd5e.zip | |
kselftest: Move the docs to the Documentation dir
Also, adjust the formatting a bit, and expand the section about using
TARGETS= on the make command line.
Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sonymobile.com>
Acked-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kselftest.txt (renamed from tools/testing/selftests/README.txt) | 30 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/README.txt b/Documentation/kselftest.txt index 2660d5ff9179..a87d840bacfe 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/README.txt +++ b/Documentation/kselftest.txt @@ -15,37 +15,45 @@ Running the selftests (hotplug tests are run in limited mode) ============================================================= To build the tests: - $ make -C tools/testing/selftests To run the tests: - $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests +To build and run the tests with a single command, use: + $ make kselftest + - note that some tests will require root privileges. -To run only tests targeted for a single subsystem: (including -hotplug targets in limited mode) - $ make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=cpu-hotplug run_tests +Running a subset of selftests +======================================== +You can use the "TARGETS" variable on the make command line to specify +single test to run, or a list of tests to run. + +To run only tests targeted for a single subsystem: + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=ptrace run_tests + +You can specify multiple tests to build and run: + $ make TARGETS="size timers" kselftest + +See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all +possible targets. -See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all possible -targets. Running the full range hotplug selftests ======================================== -To build the tests: - +To build the hotplug tests: $ make -C tools/testing/selftests hotplug -To run the tests: - +To run the hotplug tests: $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_hotplug - note that some tests will require root privileges. + Contributing new tests ====================== |