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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-19 21:00:30 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-06-19 21:00:30 +0000 |
commit | e54def4ad8144ab15f826416e2e0f290ef1901b4 (patch) | |
tree | 583f8d4bd95cd67c44ff37b878a7eddfca9ab97a /tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README | |
parent | Adding upstream version 6.8.12. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 6.9.2.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README index 0942dd5826..d2035dd64a 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/README @@ -13,23 +13,36 @@ the message buffer for only the duration of each individual test.) Config ------ -Set these config options and their prerequisites: +Set CONFIG_LIVEPATCH=y option and it's prerequisites. -CONFIG_LIVEPATCH=y -CONFIG_TEST_LIVEPATCH=m +Building the tests +------------------ + +To only build the tests without running them, run: + + % make -C tools/testing/selftests/livepatch + +The command above will compile all test modules and test programs, making them +ready to be packaged if so desired. Running the tests ----------------- -Test kernel modules are built as part of lib/ (make modules) and need to -be installed (make modules_install) as the test scripts will modprobe -them. +Test kernel modules are built before running the livepatch selftests. The +modules are located under test_modules directory, and are built as out-of-tree +modules. This is specially useful since the same sources can be built and +tested on systems with different kABI, ensuring they the tests are backwards +compatible. The modules will be loaded by the test scripts using insmod. To run the livepatch selftests, from the top of the kernel source tree: % make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=livepatch run_tests +or + + % make kselftest TARGETS=livepatch + Adding tests ------------ |