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[24.9.64.241]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v23sm9995828ioh.58.2019.08.26.17.37.10 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 26 Aug 2019 17:37:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Shuah Khan To: shuah@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net Cc: Shuah Khan , linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dan.rue@linaro.org, anders.roxell@linaro.org Subject: [PATCH v2] doc: kselftest: update for clarity on running kselftests in CI rings Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:37:09 -0600 Message-Id: <20190827003709.26950-1-skhan@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kselftest-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org Update to add clarity and recommendations on running newer kselftests on older kernels vs. matching the kernel and kselftest revisions. The recommendation is "Match kernel revision and kselftest." Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan --- Changes since v1: Fixed "WARNING: Title underline too short." Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index 25604904fa6e..308506c5e8fa 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -12,6 +12,31 @@ write new tests using the framework on Kselftest wiki: https://kselftest.wiki.kernel.org/ +Recommendations on running kselftests in Continuous Integration test rings +========================================================================== + +It is recommended that users run Kselftest from the same release. Running +newer Kselftest on older kernels isn't recommended for the following +reasons: + +- Kselftest from mainline and linux-next might not be stable enough to run + on stable kernels. +- Kselftests detect feature dependencies at run-time and skip tests if a + feature and/or configuration they test aren't enabled. Running newer + tests on older kernels could result in a few too many skipped/failed + conditions. It becomes difficult to evaluate the results. +- Newer tests provide better coverage. However, users should make a judgement + call on coverage vs. run to run consistency and being able to compare + run to run results on older kernels. + +Recommendations: + +Match kernel revision and kselftest. Especially important for LTS and +Stable kernel Continuous Integration test rings. + +Hot-plug tests +============== + On some systems, hot-plug tests could hang forever waiting for cpu and memory to be ready to be offlined. A special hot-plug target is created to run the full range of hot-plug tests. In default mode, hot-plug tests run -- 2.20.1