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Linus Torvalds b7c8c1945c Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc
Pull more powerpc updates from Ben Herrenschmidt:
 "Here are the remaining bits I was mentioning earlier.  Mostly bug
  fixes and new selftests from Michael (yay !).  He also removed the WSP
  platform and A2 core support which were dead before release, so less
  clutter.

  One little "feature" I snuck in is the doorbell IPI support for
  non-virtualized P8 which speeds up IPIs significantly between threads
  of a core"

* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: (34 commits)
  powerpc/book3s: Fix some ABIv2 issues in machine check code
  powerpc/book3s: Fix guest MC delivery mechanism to avoid soft lockups in guest.
  powerpc/book3s: Increment the mce counter during machine_check_early call.
  powerpc/book3s: Add stack overflow check in machine check handler.
  powerpc/book3s: Fix machine check handling for unhandled errors
  powerpc/eeh: Dump PE location code
  powerpc/powernv: Enable POWER8 doorbell IPIs
  powerpc/cpuidle: Only clear LPCR decrementer wakeup bit on fast sleep entry
  powerpc/powernv: Fix killed EEH event
  powerpc: fix typo 'CONFIG_PMAC'
  powerpc: fix typo 'CONFIG_PPC_CPU'
  powerpc/powernv: Don't escalate non-existing frozen PE
  powerpc/eeh: Report frozen parent PE prior to child PE
  powerpc/eeh: Clear frozen state for child PE
  powerpc/powernv: Reduce panic timeout from 180s to 10s
  powerpc/xmon: avoid format string leaking to printk
  selftests/powerpc: Add tests of PMU EBBs
  selftests/powerpc: Add support for skipping tests
  selftests/powerpc: Put the test in a separate process group
  selftests/powerpc: Fix instruction loop for ABIv2 (LE)
  ...
2014-06-12 20:11:38 -07:00
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breakpoints breakpoint selftests: print failure status instead of cause make error 2012-12-17 17:15:27 -08:00
cpu-hotplug tools/testing/selftests: don't assume the x bit is set on scripts 2013-07-03 16:08:07 -07:00
efivarfs efivars: efivarfs_valid_name() should handle pstore syntax 2013-03-06 14:46:04 +00:00
ipc tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c: handle msgget failure return correctly 2014-03-10 17:26:21 -07:00
kcmp selftests: add .gitignore for kcmp 2013-07-03 16:08:07 -07:00
memory-hotplug tools/testing/selftests: don't assume the x bit is set on scripts 2013-07-03 16:08:07 -07:00
mqueue mqueue selftests: print failure status instead of cause make error 2012-12-17 17:15:26 -08:00
net net: filter: BPF testsuite 2014-05-12 00:23:55 -04:00
powerpc selftests/powerpc: Add tests of PMU EBBs 2014-06-11 17:03:58 +10:00
ptrace selftest: add a test case for PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO 2013-04-30 17:04:05 -07:00
rcutorture rcutorture: Note diffs from git commits 2014-05-14 09:46:25 -07:00
sysctl tools/testing/selftests/sysctl: validate sysctl_writes_strict 2014-06-06 16:08:13 -07:00
timers tools/testing/selftests: fix uninitialized variable 2013-10-16 21:35:53 -07:00
user test: check copy_to/from_user boundary validation 2014-01-23 16:36:57 -08:00
vm selftests: add .gitignore for vm 2013-07-03 16:08:07 -07:00
Makefile tools/testing/selftests/sysctl: validate sysctl_writes_strict 2014-06-06 16:08:13 -07:00
README.txt selftests: add a simple doc 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00

Linux Kernel Selftests

The kernel contains a set of "self tests" under the tools/testing/selftests/
directory. These are intended to be small unit tests to exercise individual
code paths in the kernel.

Running the selftests
=====================

To build the tests:

  $ make -C tools/testing/selftests


To run the tests:

  $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests

- note that some tests will require root privileges.


To run only tests targetted for a single subsystem:

  $  make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=cpu-hotplug run_tests

See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all possible
targets.


Contributing new tests
======================

In general, the rules for for selftests are

 * Do as much as you can if you're not root;

 * Don't take too long;

 * Don't break the build on any architecture, and

 * Don't cause the top-level "make run_tests" to fail if your feature is
   unconfigured.