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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/README b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/README index b0954c873e..be7b00799b 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/README +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/README @@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ execute them inside a network namespace dedicated to the task. REQUIREMENTS ------------ -* Minimum Python version of 3.4. Earlier 3.X versions may work but are not - guaranteed. +* Minimum Python version of 3.8. * The kernel must have network namespace support if using nsPlugin @@ -96,6 +95,15 @@ the stdout with a regular expression. Each of the commands in any stage will run in a shell instance. +Each test is an atomic unit. A test that for whatever reason spans multiple test +definitions is a bug. + +A test that runs inside a namespace (requires "nsPlugin") will run in parallel +with other tests. + +Tests that use netdevsim or don't run inside a namespace run serially with regards +to each other. + USER-DEFINED CONSTANTS ---------------------- @@ -116,59 +124,6 @@ COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS Run tdc.py -h to see the full list of available arguments. -usage: tdc.py [-h] [-p PATH] [-D DIR [DIR ...]] [-f FILE [FILE ...]] - [-c [CATG [CATG ...]]] [-e ID [ID ...]] [-l] [-s] [-i] [-v] [-N] - [-d DEVICE] [-P] [-n] [-V] - -Linux TC unit tests - -optional arguments: - -h, --help show this help message and exit - -p PATH, --path PATH The full path to the tc executable to use - -v, --verbose Show the commands that are being run - -N, --notap Suppress tap results for command under test - -d DEVICE, --device DEVICE - Execute test cases that use a physical device, where - DEVICE is its name. (If not defined, tests that require - a physical device will be skipped) - -P, --pause Pause execution just before post-suite stage - -selection: - select which test cases: files plus directories; filtered by categories - plus testids - - -D DIR [DIR ...], --directory DIR [DIR ...] - Collect tests from the specified directory(ies) - (default [tc-tests]) - -f FILE [FILE ...], --file FILE [FILE ...] - Run tests from the specified file(s) - -c [CATG [CATG ...]], --category [CATG [CATG ...]] - Run tests only from the specified category/ies, or if - no category/ies is/are specified, list known - categories. - -e ID [ID ...], --execute ID [ID ...] - Execute the specified test cases with specified IDs - -action: - select action to perform on selected test cases - - -l, --list List all test cases, or those only within the - specified category - -s, --show Display the selected test cases - -i, --id Generate ID numbers for new test cases - -netns: - options for nsPlugin (run commands in net namespace) - - -N, --no-namespace - Do not run commands in a network namespace. - -valgrind: - options for valgrindPlugin (run command under test under Valgrind) - - -V, --valgrind Run commands under valgrind - - PLUGIN ARCHITECTURE ------------------- |