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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kselftest.txt (renamed from tools/testing/selftests/README.txt) | 30 |
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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/README.txt b/Documentation/kselftest.txt index 2660d5ff9179..a87d840bacfe 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/README.txt +++ b/Documentation/kselftest.txt @@ -15,37 +15,45 @@ Running the selftests (hotplug tests are run in limited mode) ============================================================= To build the tests: - $ make -C tools/testing/selftests To run the tests: - $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests +To build and run the tests with a single command, use: + $ make kselftest + - note that some tests will require root privileges. -To run only tests targeted for a single subsystem: (including -hotplug targets in limited mode) - $ make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=cpu-hotplug run_tests +Running a subset of selftests +======================================== +You can use the "TARGETS" variable on the make command line to specify +single test to run, or a list of tests to run. + +To run only tests targeted for a single subsystem: + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=ptrace run_tests + +You can specify multiple tests to build and run: + $ make TARGETS="size timers" kselftest + +See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all +possible targets. -See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all possible -targets. Running the full range hotplug selftests ======================================== -To build the tests: - +To build the hotplug tests: $ make -C tools/testing/selftests hotplug -To run the tests: - +To run the hotplug tests: $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_hotplug - note that some tests will require root privileges. + Contributing new tests ====================== |