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authorSteven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>2011-03-08 09:38:12 -0500
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2011-03-08 09:52:58 -0500
commit3410f6fd5e3e96de4b557a62b7a2fbf19d74b1cd (patch)
treef7f08bd88be72787b704d3d39d949e145e2097b9 /tools
parentc23dca7cd28eb1bf90053ce4ba30d65d22d2a81e (diff)
downloadlinux-3410f6fd5e3e96de4b557a62b7a2fbf19d74b1cd.tar.bz2
ktest: Add BISECT_FILES to run git bisect on paths
Add the config option BISECT_FILES that allows the user to specify what path in the kernel to run the git bisect on. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rwxr-xr-xtools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl9
-rw-r--r--tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf9
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 0f62916a43f7..65c5c5515b47 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -1280,6 +1280,13 @@ sub bisect {
my $type = $opt{"BISECT_TYPE[$i]"};
my $start = $opt{"BISECT_START[$i]"};
my $replay = $opt{"BISECT_REPLAY[$i]"};
+ my $start_files = $opt{"BISECT_FILES[$i]"};
+
+ if (defined($start_files)) {
+ $start_files = " -- " . $start_files;
+ } else {
+ $start_files = "";
+ }
# convert to true sha1's
$good = get_sha1($good);
@@ -1333,7 +1340,7 @@ sub bisect {
die "Failed to checkout $head";
}
- run_command "git bisect start" or
+ run_command "git bisect start$start_files" or
dodie "could not start bisect";
run_command "git bisect good $good" or
diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index 4c46b7ef8e46..4c83ae77926c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -528,6 +528,15 @@
# when something other than the BISECT_TYPE fails, ktest.pl will
# run "git bisect skip" and try again.
#
+# BISECT_FILES = <path> (optional, default undefined)
+#
+# To just run the git bisect on a specific path, set BISECT_FILES.
+# For example:
+#
+# BISECT_FILES = arch/x86 kernel/time
+#
+# Will run the bisect with "git bisect start -- arch/x86 kernel/time"
+#
# BISECT_REVERSE = 1 (optional, default 0)
#
# In those strange instances where it was broken forever