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Linus Torvalds b3fd4ea9df Merge branch 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull RCU updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Main changes:

   - Torture-test changes, including refactoring of rcutorture and
     introduction of a vestigial locktorture.

   - Real-time latency fixes.

   - Documentation updates.

   - Miscellaneous fixes"

* 'core-rcu-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (77 commits)
  rcu: Provide grace-period piggybacking API
  rcu: Ensure kernel/rcu/rcu.h can be sourced/used stand-alone
  rcu: Fix sparse warning for rcu_expedited from kernel/ksysfs.c
  notifier: Substitute rcu_access_pointer() for rcu_dereference_raw()
  Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Clarify release/acquire ordering
  rcutorture: Save kvm.sh output to log
  rcutorture: Add a lock_busted to test the test
  rcutorture: Place kvm-test-1-run.sh output into res directory
  rcutorture: Rename TREE_RCU-Kconfig.txt
  locktorture: Add kvm-recheck.sh plug-in for locktorture
  rcutorture: Gracefully handle NULL cleanup hooks
  locktorture: Add vestigial locktorture configuration
  rcutorture: Introduce "rcu" directory level underneath configs
  rcutorture: Rename kvm-test-1-rcu.sh
  rcutorture: Remove RCU dependencies from ver_functions.sh API
  rcutorture: Create CFcommon file for common Kconfig parameters
  rcutorture: Create config files for scripted test-the-test testing
  rcutorture: Add an rcu_busted to test the test
  locktorture: Add a lock-torture kernel module
  rcutorture: Abstract kvm-recheck.sh
  ...
2014-03-31 11:05:24 -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 tools: selftests: psock_tpacket: get rid of macro wrappers 2013-07-02 00:23:57 -07:00
powerpc selftests: Add test of PMU instruction counting on powerpc 2013-08-14 14:57:10 +10:00
ptrace selftest: add a test case for PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO 2013-04-30 17:04:05 -07:00
rcutorture rcutorture: Save kvm.sh output to log 2014-02-23 09:04:44 -08:00
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 test: check copy_to/from_user boundary validation 2014-01-23 16:36:57 -08:00
README.txt selftests: add a simple doc 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00

README.txt

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.