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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-02-03 16:36:26 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2022-02-03 16:36:26 -0800
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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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@@ -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: