Re: [PATCH v8 03/12] selftests: add tests_sysfs module

Luis Chamberlain
2021-10-11T19:11:45Z

On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 04:23:22PM +0200, Miroslav Benes wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Sep 2021, Luis Chamberlain wrote:
>
> > This adds a new selftest module which can be used to test sysfs, which
> > would otherwise require using an existing driver. This lets us muck
> > with a template driver to test breaking things without affecting
> > system behaviour or requiring the dependencies of a real device
> > driver.
> >
> > A series of 28 tests are added. Support for using two device types are
> > supported:
> >
> > * misc
> > * block
>
> I suppose the selftests will run for more than 45 seconds (default
> kselftest timeout), so you probably also want to set timeout to something
> sensible in tools/testing/selftests/sysfs/settings file (0 would disable
> it).

Good catch, I'll use a default of 200, in practice for me this runs in
much less than that, about 110 seconds, so 200 should be good wiggle
room.

Luis