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| author | Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com> | 2017-10-02 17:44:17 -0600 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2017-10-12 11:01:40 -0600 |
| commit | d5cdbb875f5c450bf9ee950008a2865343c1775c (patch) | |
| tree | e9eed6369f5ab544ef80ba89a9050186bec00c09 /Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | |
| parent | 58e7cb9e935d53c64414361fba3f95ed261f9110 (diff) | |
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doc: dev-tools: kselftest.rst: update to include make O=dir support
Update to include details on make O=dir support and other changes improve
test results output.
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>
[jc: Tweaked RST formatting slightly ]
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 34 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index ebd03d11d2c2..e80850eefe13 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ To build and run the tests with a single command, use:: Note that some tests will require root privileges. +Build and run from user specific object directory (make O=dir):: + + $ make O=/tmp/kselftest kselftest + +Build and run KBUILD_OUTPUT directory (make KBUILD_OUTPUT=):: + + $ make KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/kselftest kselftest + +The above commands run the tests and print pass/fail summary to make it +easier to understand the test results. Please find the detailed individual +test results for each test in /tmp/testname file(s). Running a subset of selftests ============================= @@ -46,10 +57,21 @@ You can specify multiple tests to build and run:: $ make TARGETS="size timers" kselftest +Build and run from user specific object directory (make O=dir):: + + $ make O=/tmp/kselftest TARGETS="size timers" kselftest + +Build and run KBUILD_OUTPUT directory (make KBUILD_OUTPUT=):: + + $ make KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/kselftest TARGETS="size timers" kselftest + +The above commands run the tests and print pass/fail summary to make it +easier to understand the test results. Please find the detailed individual +test results for each test in /tmp/testname file(s). + See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all possible targets. - Running the full range hotplug selftests ======================================== @@ -113,9 +135,17 @@ Contributing new tests (details) * Use TEST_GEN_XXX if such binaries or files are generated during compiling. - TEST_PROGS, TEST_GEN_PROGS mean it is the excutable tested by + TEST_PROGS, TEST_GEN_PROGS mean it is the executable tested by default. + TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS should be used by tests that require custom build + rule and prevent common build rule use. + + TEST_PROGS are for test shell scripts. Please ensure shell script has + its exec bit set. Otherwise, lib.mk run_tests will generate a warning. + + TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS and TEST_PROGS will be run by common run_tests. + TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED, TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED mean it is the executable which is not tested by default. TEST_FILES, TEST_GEN_FILES mean it is the file which is used by |