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| author | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2022-02-03 17:36:16 -0800 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2022-02-03 17:36:16 -0800 |
| commit | c59400a68c53374179cdc5f99fa77afbd092dcf8 (patch) | |
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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: |