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diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/README.txt b/tools/testing/selftests/README.txt index 5e2faf9c55d3..2660d5ff9179 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/README.txt +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/README.txt @@ -4,8 +4,15 @@ 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 -===================== +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 full range of hot-plug tests. In default mode, hot-plug tests run +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%. + +Running the selftests (hotplug tests are run in limited mode) +============================================================= To build the tests: @@ -18,14 +25,26 @@ To run the tests: - note that some tests will require root privileges. - -To run only tests targetted for a single subsystem: +To run only tests targeted for a single subsystem: (including +hotplug targets in limited mode) $ 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. +Running the full range hotplug selftests +======================================== + +To build the tests: + + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests hotplug + +To run the tests: + + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_hotplug + +- note that some tests will require root privileges. Contributing new tests ====================== |