| Message ID | 20180419102825.2990-1-anders.roxell@linaro.org |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | a997a703d08f805eb8767fbc586fd938f09d13cc |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [v2] doc: dev-tools: kselftest.rst: update contributing new tests | expand |
On 04/19/2018 04:28 AM, Anders Roxell wrote: > Add a description that the kernel headers should be used as far as it is > possible and then the system headers. > > Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org> > --- > Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst > index e80850eefe13..3bf371a938d0 100644 > --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst > +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst > @@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ Contributing new tests (details) > TEST_FILES, TEST_GEN_FILES mean it is the file which is used by > test. > > + * First use the headers inside the kernel source and/or git repo, and then the > + system headers. Headers for the kernel release as opposed to headers > + installed by the distro on the system should be the primary focus to be able > + to find regressions. > + > Test Harness > ============ > > Here is my reviewed by for this to go through documentation tree. Reviewed-by: Shuah Khan (Samsung OSG) <shuah@kernel.org> thanks, -- Shuah
On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:28:25 +0200 Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org> wrote: > Add a description that the kernel headers should be used as far as it is > possible and then the system headers. > > Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org> Applied, thanks. jon
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index e80850eefe13..3bf371a938d0 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ Contributing new tests (details) TEST_FILES, TEST_GEN_FILES mean it is the file which is used by test. + * First use the headers inside the kernel source and/or git repo, and then the + system headers. Headers for the kernel release as opposed to headers + installed by the distro on the system should be the primary focus to be able + to find regressions. + Test Harness ============
Add a description that the kernel headers should be used as far as it is possible and then the system headers. Signed-off-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org> --- Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) -- 2.11.0