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Ingo Molnar 01c9db8271 Merge branch 'rcu/next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulmck/linux-rcu into core/rcu Pull RCU updates from Paul E. McKenney: * Update RCU documentation. * Miscellaneous fixes. * Maintainership changes. * Torture-test updates. * Callback-offloading changes. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>		2014-07-17 11:34:01 +02:00
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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: cpu-hotplug fix unexpected operator error	2014-07-03 09:21:53 -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: improve error handling when not running as root	2014-07-03 09:21:54 -07:00
kcmp	selftests: add .gitignore for kcmp	2013-07-03 16:08:07 -07:00
memory-hotplug	tools: memory-hotplug fix unexpected operator error	2014-07-03 09:21:53 -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: Use the test harness for the TM DSCR test	2014-06-24 14:29:41 +10:00
ptrace	selftest: add a test case for PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO	2013-04-30 17:04:05 -07:00
rcutorture	Merge branches 'doc.2014.07.08a', 'fixes.2014.07.09a', 'maintainers.2014.07.08b', 'nocbs.2014.07.07a' and 'torture.2014.07.07a' into HEAD	2014-07-09 09:16:54 -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

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.