linux/tools/testing/selftests
Alexei Starovoitov 64a8946b44 net: filter: BPF testsuite
The testsuite covers classic and internal BPF instructions.
It is particularly useful for JIT compiler developers.
Adds to "net" selftest target.

The testsuite can be used as a set of micro-benchmarks.
It measures execution time of each BPF program in nsec.

This patch adds core framework.

Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2014-05-12 00:23:55 -04:00
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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 tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c: handle msgget failure return correctly 2014-03-10 17:26:21 -07:00
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 net: filter: BPF testsuite 2014-05-12 00:23:55 -04:00
powerpc selftests/powerpc: Import Anton's memcpy / copy_tofrom_user tests 2014-03-07 15:53:12 +11:00
ptrace selftest: add a test case for PTRACE_PEEKSIGINFO 2013-04-30 17:04:05 -07:00
rcutorture rcutorture: Save kvm.sh output to log 2014-02-23 09:04:44 -08:00
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 test: check copy_to/from_user boundary validation 2014-01-23 16:36:57 -08:00
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.