3 The kernel contains a set of "self tests" under the tools/testing/selftests/
4 directory. These are intended to be small unit tests to exercise individual
5 code paths in the kernel.
12 $ make -C tools/testing/selftests
17 $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests
19 - note that some tests will require root privileges.
22 To run only tests targetted for a single subsystem:
24 $ make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=cpu-hotplug run_tests
26 See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all possible
30 Contributing new tests
31 ======================
33 In general, the rules for for selftests are
35 * Do as much as you can if you're not root;
37 * Don't take too long;
39 * Don't break the build on any architecture, and
41 * Don't cause the top-level "make run_tests" to fail if your feature is