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Michael Ellerman cb96143def selftests: Add test of PMU instruction counting on powerpc This commit adds a test of instruction counting using the PMU on powerpc. Although the bulk of the code is architecture agnostic, the code needs to run a precisely sized loop which is implemented in assembler. Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <michael@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>		2013-08-14 14:57:10 +10:00
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breakpoints	breakpoint selftests: print failure status instead of cause make error	2012-12-17 17:15:27 -08:00
cpu-hotplug	tools/testing/selftests: don't assume the x bit is set on scripts	2013-07-03 16:08:07 -07:00
efivarfs	efivars: efivarfs_valid_name() should handle pstore syntax	2013-03-06 14:46:04 +00:00
ipc	selftests: IPC message queue copy feature test	2013-01-04 16:11:45 -08:00
kcmp	selftests: add .gitignore for kcmp	2013-07-03 16:08:07 -07:00
memory-hotplug	tools/testing/selftests: don't assume the x bit is set on scripts	2013-07-03 16:08:07 -07:00
mqueue	mqueue selftests: print failure status instead of cause make error	2012-12-17 17:15:26 -08:00
net	tools: selftests: psock_tpacket: get rid of macro wrappers	2013-07-02 00:23:57 -07:00
powerpc	selftests: Add test of PMU instruction counting on powerpc	2013-08-14 14:57:10 +10:00
ptrace	selftest: add a test case for PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO	2013-04-30 17:04:05 -07:00
timers	selftests: add basic posix timers selftests	2013-07-03 16:20:03 +02:00
vm	selftests: add .gitignore for vm	2013-07-03 16:08:07 -07:00
Makefile	selftests: Add infrastructure for powerpc selftests	2013-08-14 14:57:03 +10:00
README.txt	selftests: add a simple doc	2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00

README.txt

Linux Kernel Selftests

The kernel contains a set of "self tests" under the tools/testing/selftests/
directory. These are intended to be small unit tests to exercise individual
code paths in the kernel.

Running the selftests
=====================

To build the tests:

  $ make -C tools/testing/selftests


To run the tests:

  $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests

- note that some tests will require root privileges.


To run only tests targetted for a single subsystem:

  $  make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=cpu-hotplug run_tests

See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all possible
targets.


Contributing new tests
======================

In general, the rules for for selftests are

 * Do as much as you can if you're not root;

 * Don't take too long;

 * Don't break the build on any architecture, and

 * Don't cause the top-level "make run_tests" to fail if your feature is
   unconfigured.