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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 23 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 9 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | tools/testing/selftests/gen_kselftest_tar.sh | 5 |
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index 61ae13c44f91..d4f6341cf4d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -151,6 +151,29 @@ note some tests will require root privileges:: $ cd kselftest $ ./run_kselftest.sh +Packaging selftests +=================== + +In some cases packaging is desired, such as when tests need to run on a +different system. To package selftests, run:: + + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests gen_tar + +This generates a tarball in the `INSTALL_PATH/kselftest-packages` directory. By +default, `.gz` format is used. The tar format can be overridden by specifying +a `FORMAT` make variable. Any value recognized by `tar's auto-compress`_ option +is supported, such as:: + + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests gen_tar FORMAT=.xz + +`make gen_tar` invokes `make install` so you can use it to package a subset of +tests by using variables specified in `Running a subset of selftests`_ +section:: + + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests gen_tar TARGETS="bpf" FORMAT=.xz + +.. _tar's auto-compress: https://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/gzip.html#auto_002dcompress + Contributing new tests ====================== diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile index 2ff68702fd41..1195bd85af38 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile @@ -249,10 +249,17 @@ else $(error Error: set INSTALL_PATH to use install) endif +FORMAT ?= .gz +TAR_PATH = $(abspath ${INSTALL_PATH}/kselftest-packages/kselftest.tar${FORMAT}) +gen_tar: install + @mkdir -p ${INSTALL_PATH}/kselftest-packages/ + @tar caf ${TAR_PATH} --exclude=kselftest-packages -C ${INSTALL_PATH} . + @echo "Created ${TAR_PATH}" + clean: @for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do \ BUILD_TARGET=$$BUILD/$$TARGET; \ $(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$TARGET clean;\ done; -.PHONY: khdr all run_tests hotplug run_hotplug clean_hotplug run_pstore_crash install clean +.PHONY: khdr all run_tests hotplug run_hotplug clean_hotplug run_pstore_crash install clean gen_tar diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/gen_kselftest_tar.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/gen_kselftest_tar.sh index 8b2b6088540d..4a974bc03385 100755 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/gen_kselftest_tar.sh +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/gen_kselftest_tar.sh @@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ main() # directory ./kselftest_install.sh "$install_dir" (cd "$install_work"; tar $copts "$dest"/kselftest${ext} $install_name) + + # Don't put the message at the actual end as people may be parsing the + # "archive created" line in their scripts. + echo -e "\nConsider using 'make gen_tar' instead of this script\n" + echo "Kselftest archive kselftest${ext} created!" # clean up top-level install work directory |