5 The kernel contains a set of "self tests" under the tools/testing/selftests/
6 directory. These are intended to be small tests to exercise individual code
7 paths in the kernel. Tests are intended to be run after building, installing
10 On some systems, hot-plug tests could hang forever waiting for cpu and
11 memory to be ready to be offlined. A special hot-plug target is created
12 to run full range of hot-plug tests. In default mode, hot-plug tests run
13 in safe mode with a limited scope. In limited mode, cpu-hotplug test is
14 run on a single cpu as opposed to all hotplug capable cpus, and memory
15 hotplug test is run on 2% of hotplug capable memory instead of 10%.
17 Running the selftests (hotplug tests are run in limited mode)
18 =============================================================
22 $ make -C tools/testing/selftests
26 $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests
28 To build and run the tests with a single command, use::
32 Note that some tests will require root privileges.
35 Running a subset of selftests
36 =============================
38 You can use the "TARGETS" variable on the make command line to specify
39 single test to run, or a list of tests to run.
41 To run only tests targeted for a single subsystem::
43 $ make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=ptrace run_tests
45 You can specify multiple tests to build and run::
47 $ make TARGETS="size timers" kselftest
49 See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all
53 Running the full range hotplug selftests
54 ========================================
56 To build the hotplug tests::
58 $ make -C tools/testing/selftests hotplug
60 To run the hotplug tests::
62 $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_hotplug
64 Note that some tests will require root privileges.
70 You can use kselftest_install.sh tool installs selftests in default
71 location which is tools/testing/selftests/kselftest or a user specified
74 To install selftests in default location::
76 $ cd tools/testing/selftests
77 $ ./kselftest_install.sh
79 To install selftests in a user specified location::
81 $ cd tools/testing/selftests
82 $ ./kselftest_install.sh install_dir
84 Running installed selftests
85 ===========================
87 Kselftest install as well as the Kselftest tarball provide a script
88 named "run_kselftest.sh" to run the tests.
90 You can simply do the following to run the installed Kselftests. Please
91 note some tests will require root privileges::
96 Contributing new tests
97 ======================
99 In general, the rules for selftests are
101 * Do as much as you can if you're not root;
103 * Don't take too long;
105 * Don't break the build on any architecture, and
107 * Don't cause the top-level "make run_tests" to fail if your feature is
110 Contributing new tests (details)
111 ================================
113 * Use TEST_GEN_XXX if such binaries or files are generated during
116 TEST_PROGS, TEST_GEN_PROGS mean it is the excutable tested by
119 TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED, TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED mean it is the
120 executable which is not tested by default.
121 TEST_FILES, TEST_GEN_FILES mean it is the file which is used by
127 The kselftest_harness.h file contains useful helpers to build tests. The tests
128 from tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c can be used as example.
133 .. kernel-doc:: tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
140 .. kernel-doc:: tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
141 :functions: TH_LOG TEST TEST_SIGNAL FIXTURE FIXTURE_DATA FIXTURE_SETUP
142 FIXTURE_TEARDOWN TEST_F TEST_HARNESS_MAIN
147 .. kernel-doc:: tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
150 .. kernel-doc:: tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
151 :functions: ASSERT_EQ ASSERT_NE ASSERT_LT ASSERT_LE ASSERT_GT ASSERT_GE
152 ASSERT_NULL ASSERT_TRUE ASSERT_NULL ASSERT_TRUE ASSERT_FALSE
153 ASSERT_STREQ ASSERT_STRNE EXPECT_EQ EXPECT_NE EXPECT_LT
154 EXPECT_LE EXPECT_GT EXPECT_GE EXPECT_NULL EXPECT_TRUE
155 EXPECT_FALSE EXPECT_STREQ EXPECT_STRNE