From 9403db4534344006d553b9dc0e89622e47f42728 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anders Roxell Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 09:27:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: dev-tools: update kselftest.rst with goal Update the documentation with the goal of Linux kernel selftests. Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell --- Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index e80850eefe13..5292b1d81335 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ in safe mode with a limited scope. In limited mode, cpu-hotplug test is run on a single cpu as opposed to all hotplug capable cpus, and memory hotplug test is run on 2% of hotplug capable memory instead of 10%. +The goal of Linux kernel selftests is to verify the kernel including the +headers. So for "best" result, the tests should be built with the headers in +the kernel and not the ones that are installed on the system they are being +built on. Internal headers are the primary focus to be able to find +regressions. + Running the selftests (hotplug tests are run in limited mode) ============================================================= -- 2.11.0