linux/tools/testing/selftests
Shuah Khan e84f1ab33c tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c: improve error handling when not running as root
The test fails in the middle when it is not run as root while accessing
/proc/sys/kernel/msg_next_id.  Changed it to check for root at the
beginning of the test and exit if not root.

Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@samsung.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2014-07-03 09:21:54 -07:00
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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: cpu-hotplug fix unexpected operator error 2014-07-03 09:21:53 -07:00
efivarfs efivars: efivarfs_valid_name() should handle pstore syntax 2013-03-06 14:46:04 +00:00
ipc tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c: improve error handling when not running as root 2014-07-03 09:21:54 -07:00
kcmp selftests: add .gitignore for kcmp 2013-07-03 16:08:07 -07:00
memory-hotplug tools: memory-hotplug fix unexpected operator error 2014-07-03 09:21:53 -07:00
mqueue mqueue selftests: print failure status instead of cause make error 2012-12-17 17:15:26 -08:00
net net: filter: BPF testsuite 2014-05-12 00:23:55 -04:00
powerpc selftests/powerpc: Use the test harness for the TM DSCR test 2014-06-24 14:29:41 +10:00
ptrace selftest: add a test case for PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO 2013-04-30 17:04:05 -07:00
rcutorture rcutorture: Note diffs from git commits 2014-05-14 09:46:25 -07:00
sysctl tools/testing/selftests/sysctl: validate sysctl_writes_strict 2014-06-06 16:08:13 -07:00
timers tools/testing/selftests: fix uninitialized variable 2013-10-16 21:35:53 -07:00
user test: check copy_to/from_user boundary validation 2014-01-23 16:36:57 -08:00
vm selftests: add .gitignore for vm 2013-07-03 16:08:07 -07:00
Makefile tools/testing/selftests/sysctl: validate sysctl_writes_strict 2014-06-06 16:08:13 -07:00
README.txt selftests: add a simple doc 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00

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.