Merge tag 'linux-kselftest-fixes-5.17-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest

Pull Kselftest fixes from Shuah Khan:
 "Important fixes to several tests and documentation clarification on
  running mainline kselftest on stable releases. A few notable fixes:

   - fix kselftest run hang due to child processes that haven't been
     terminated. Fix signals all child processes

   - fix false pass/fail results from vdso_test_abi, openat2, mincore

   - build failures when using -j (multiple jobs) option

   - exec test build failure due to incorrect build rule for a run-time
     created "pipe"

   - zram test fixes related to interaction with zram-generator to make
     sure zram test to coordinate deleted with zram-generator

   - zram test compression ratio calculation fix and skipping
     max_comp_streams.

   - increasing rtc test timeout

   - cpufreq test to write test results to stdout which will necessary
     on automated test systems"

* tag 'linux-kselftest-fixes-5.17-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest:
  kselftest: Fix vdso_test_abi return status
  selftests: skip mincore.check_file_mmap when fs lacks needed support
  selftests: openat2: Skip testcases that fail with EOPNOTSUPP
  selftests: openat2: Add missing dependency in Makefile
  selftests: openat2: Print also errno in failure messages
  selftests: futex: Use variable MAKE instead of make
  selftests/exec: Remove pipe from TEST_GEN_FILES
  selftests/zram: Adapt the situation that /dev/zram0 is being used
  selftests/zram01.sh: Fix compression ratio calculation
  selftests/zram: Skip max_comp_streams interface on newer kernel
  docs/kselftest: clarify running mainline tests on stables
  kselftest: signal all child processes
  selftests: cpufreq: Write test output to stdout as well
  selftests: rtc: Increase test timeout so that all tests run

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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
index dcefee707ccd..a833ecf12fbc 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ directory. These are intended to be small tests to exercise individual code
 paths in the kernel. Tests are intended to be run after building, installing
 and booting a kernel.
 
+Kselftest from mainline can be run on older stable kernels. Running tests
+from mainline offers the best coverage. Several test rings run mainline
+kselftest suite on stable releases. The reason is that when a new test
+gets added to test existing code to regression test a bug, we should be
+able to run that test on an older kernel. Hence, it is important to keep
+code that can still test an older kernel and make sure it skips the test
+gracefully on newer releases.
+
 You can find additional information on Kselftest framework, how to
 write new tests using the framework on Kselftest wiki: