Re: [GIT PULL] Kselftest update for Linux 5.4-rc1

Randy Dunlap
2019-09-23T19:53:01Z

On 9/23/19 12:43 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
>> I am exploring the possibility to move selftests to a better location
>> or add a git alias so it can be found easily. With the addition of
>> KUnit and future work that is planned to connect kselftest and KUnit,
>> it would make sense have selftests to be in a location that is better
>> suited than where it currently resides.
>>
>> I have been getting feedback from some developers that they would like
>> to see selftests more visible and easier to find.
>>
>> There are some dependencies (unintended, shouldn't exist) between some
>> tests and content under tools that might pose some logistical problems,
>> in addition to the churn of backporting.
>>
>> I haven't explored "git alias" yet though. Since this topic of moving
>> came up, I would liek to get feedback on selftests location in general
>> and where would be a good place for it.
>
> I'm not sure about the Git alias thing - but I do agree that
> tools/testing/selftests is a pretty obscure location given the importance
> of kernel unit tests - and I think it could be moved one level higher, to
> tools/selftests? The "selftest" name already implies the "test" aspect
> after all.

Without trying to use too much paint, I would move testing/ to a top-level
dir, outside of tools/, and leave selftest/ under testing/.

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~Randy