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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
======================