From a2818ee4dce575b299d8a7f46b393bc2b02ef1f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Lawrence Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 13:43:29 +0100 Subject: selftests/livepatch: introduce tests Add a few livepatch modules and simple target modules that the included regression suite can run tests against: - basic livepatching (multiple patches, atomic replace) - pre/post (un)patch callbacks - shadow variable API Signed-off-by: Joe Lawrence Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek Tested-by: Miroslav Benes Tested-by: Alice Ferrazzi Acked-by: Joe Lawrence Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina --- tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README (limited to 'tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README') diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b73cd0e2dd51 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +==================== +Livepatch Self Tests +==================== + +This is a small set of sanity tests for the kernel livepatching. + +The test suite loads and unloads several test kernel modules to verify +livepatch behavior. Debug information is logged to the kernel's message +buffer and parsed for expected messages. (Note: the tests will clear +the message buffer between individual tests.) + + +Config +------ + +Set these config options and their prerequisites: + +CONFIG_LIVEPATCH=y +CONFIG_TEST_LIVEPATCH=m + + +Running the tests +----------------- + +Test kernel modules are built as part of lib/ (make modules) and need to +be installed (make modules_install) as the test scripts will modprobe +them. + +To run the livepatch selftests, from the top of the kernel source tree: + + % make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=livepatch run_tests + + +Adding tests +------------ + +See the common functions.sh file for the existing collection of utility +functions, most importantly set_dynamic_debug() and check_result(). The +latter function greps the kernel's ring buffer for "livepatch:" and +"test_klp" strings, so tests be sure to include one of those strings for +result comparison. Other utility functions include general module +loading and livepatch loading helpers (waiting for patch transitions, +sysfs entries, etc.) -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b