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authorShuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>2019-04-17 17:34:03 -0600
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2019-04-19 12:44:21 -0600
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tree2be53dc4a6ca77f533452369928ce7cd182f232e /Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
parent3df5ffd2e5dc11df9dd215c7005e681e44402584 (diff)
doc: kselftest: Fix KBUILD_OUTPUT usage instructions
Fix KBUILD_OUTPUT usage instructions. The current documentation is incorrect. Update and fix outdated information about summary option. Add a reference to kselftest wiki for additional information on the framework and tips on writing new tests. Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ 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.
+You can find additional information on Kselftest framework, how to
+write new tests using the framework on Kselftest wiki:
+
+https://kselftest.wiki.kernel.org/
+
On some systems, hot-plug tests could hang forever waiting for cpu and
memory to be ready to be offlined. A special hot-plug target is created
to run the full range of hot-plug tests. In default mode, hot-plug tests run
@@ -31,17 +36,32 @@ To build and run the tests with a single command, use::
Note that some tests will require root privileges.
-Build and run from user specific object directory (make O=dir)::
+Kselftest supports saving output files in a separate directory and then
+running tests. To locate output files in a separate directory two syntaxes
+are supported. In both cases the working directory must be the root of the
+kernel src. This is applicable to "Running a subset of selftests" section
+below.
+
+To build, save output files in a separate directory with O= ::
$ make O=/tmp/kselftest kselftest
-Build and run KBUILD_OUTPUT directory (make KBUILD_OUTPUT=)::
+To build, save output files in a separate directory with KBUILD_OUTPUT ::
+
+ $ export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/kselftest; make kselftest
- $ make KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/kselftest kselftest
+The O= assignment takes precedence over the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
+variable.
-The above commands run the tests and print pass/fail summary to make it
-easier to understand the test results. Please find the detailed individual
-test results for each test in /tmp/testname file(s).
+The above commands by default run the tests and print full pass/fail report.
+Kselftest supports "summary" option to make it easier to understand the test
+results. Please find the detailed individual test results for each test in
+/tmp/testname file(s) when summary option is specified. This is applicable
+to "Running a subset of selftests" section below.
+
+To run kselftest with summary option enabled ::
+
+ $ make summary=1 kselftest
Running a subset of selftests
=============================
@@ -57,17 +77,13 @@ You can specify multiple tests to build and run::
$ make TARGETS="size timers" kselftest
-Build and run from user specific object directory (make O=dir)::
+To build, save output files in a separate directory with O= ::
$ make O=/tmp/kselftest TARGETS="size timers" kselftest
-Build and run KBUILD_OUTPUT directory (make KBUILD_OUTPUT=)::
-
- $ make KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/kselftest TARGETS="size timers" kselftest
+To build, save output files in a separate directory with KBUILD_OUTPUT ::
-The above commands run the tests and print pass/fail summary to make it
-easier to understand the test results. Please find the detailed individual
-test results for each test in /tmp/testname file(s).
+ $ export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/kselftest; make TARGETS="size timers" kselftest
See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all
possible targets.