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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2020-03-21 09:23:40 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2020-03-21 09:24:41 +0100 |
commit | a4654e9bde4ecedb4921e6c8fe2088114bdff1b3 (patch) | |
tree | 1b9970b520d7bc7176cc9460fe67f210be5ea181 /Documentation/dev-tools | |
parent | 7add7875a8eb4ffe5eddaf8a11e409c9e1b6e3f3 (diff) | |
parent | e4160b2e4b02377c67f8ecd05786811598f39acd (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'x86/kdump' into locking/kcsan, to resolve conflicts
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arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/faq.rst | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst | 16 |
4 files changed, 23 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index e4d66e7c50de..c652d740735d 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ global variables yet. Tag-based KASAN is only supported in Clang and requires version 7.0.0 or later. -Currently generic KASAN is supported for the x86_64, arm64, xtensa and s390 -architectures, and tag-based KASAN is supported only for arm64. +Currently generic KASAN is supported for the x86_64, arm64, xtensa, s390 and +riscv architectures, and tag-based KASAN is supported only for arm64. Usage ----- diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/faq.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/faq.rst index bf2095112d89..ea55b2467653 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/faq.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/faq.rst @@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ Yes, well, mostly. For the most part, the KUnit core framework (what you use to write the tests) can compile to any architecture; it compiles like just another part of the -kernel and runs when the kernel boots. However, there is some infrastructure, +kernel and runs when the kernel boots, or when built as a module, when the +module is loaded. However, there is some infrastructure, like the KUnit Wrapper (``tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py``) that does not support other architectures. diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst index c60d760a0eed..d16a4d2c3a41 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst @@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ to a standalone program that can be run like any other program directly inside of a host operating system; to be clear, it does not require any virtualization support; it is just a regular program. +Alternatively, kunit and kunit tests can be built as modules and tests will +run when the test module is loaded. + KUnit is fast. Excluding build time, from invocation to completion KUnit can run several dozen tests in only 10 to 20 seconds; this might not sound like a big deal to some people, but having such fast and easy to run tests fundamentally diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst index b9a065ab681e..7cd56a1993b1 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst @@ -539,6 +539,22 @@ Interspersed in the kernel logs you might see the following: Congratulations, you just ran a KUnit test on the x86 architecture! +In a similar manner, kunit and kunit tests can also be built as modules, +so if you wanted to run tests in this way you might add the following config +options to your ``.config``: + +.. code-block:: none + + CONFIG_KUNIT=m + CONFIG_KUNIT_EXAMPLE_TEST=m + +Once the kernel is built and installed, a simple + +.. code-block:: bash + modprobe example-test + +...will run the tests. + Writing new tests for other architectures ----------------------------------------- |