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authorShuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>2016-11-07 13:24:14 -0700
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>2016-11-07 18:04:18 -0700
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Doc: update kselftest.txt with details on how to run tests after install
Update kselftest.txt with details on how to run tests after install. Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@ To install selftests in an user specified location:
$ cd tools/testing/selftests
$ ./kselftest_install.sh install_dir
+Running installed selftests
+===========================
+
+Kselftest install as well as the Kselftest tarball provide a script
+named "run_kselftest.sh" to run the tests.
+
+You can simply do the following to run the installed Kselftests. Please
+note some tests will require root privileges.
+
+cd kselftest
+./run_kselftest.sh
Contributing new tests
======================