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To build the tests:
-
$ make -C tools/testing/selftests
To run the tests:
-
$ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests
+To build and run the tests with a single command, use:
+ $ make kselftest
+
- note that some tests will require root privileges.
-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
+Running a subset of selftests
+========================================
+You can use the "TARGETS" variable on the make command line to specify
+single test to run, or a list of tests to run.
+
+To run only tests targeted for a single subsystem:
+ $ make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=ptrace run_tests
+
+You can specify multiple tests to build and run:
+ $ make TARGETS="size timers" kselftest
+
+See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all
+possible targets.
-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:
-
+To build the hotplug tests:
$ make -C tools/testing/selftests hotplug
-To run the tests:
-
+To run the hotplug tests:
$ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_hotplug
- note that some tests will require root privileges.
+
Contributing new tests
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