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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_module.h | 4 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index a833ecf12fbc..1096a9833550 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -250,6 +250,14 @@ assist writing kernel modules that are for use with kselftest: - ``tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_module.h`` - ``tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/module.sh`` +Note that test modules should taint the kernel with TAINT_TEST. This will +happen automatically for modules which are in the ``tools/testing/`` +directory, or for modules which use the ``kselftest_module.h`` header above. +Otherwise, you'll need to add ``MODULE_INFO(test, "Y")`` to your module +source. selftests which do not load modules typically should not taint the +kernel, but in cases where a non-test module is loaded, TEST_TAINT can be +applied from userspace by writing to ``/proc/sys/kernel/tainted``. + How to use ---------- @@ -308,6 +316,7 @@ A bare bones test module might look like this: KSTM_MODULE_LOADERS(test_foo); MODULE_AUTHOR("John Developer <jd@fooman.org>"); MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); + MODULE_INFO(test, "Y"); Example test script ------------------- diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_module.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_module.h index e2ea41de3f35..63cd7487373f 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_module.h +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_module.h @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ #define __KSELFTEST_MODULE_H #include <linux/module.h> +#include <linux/panic.h> /* * Test framework for writing test modules to be loaded by kselftest. @@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ static inline int kstm_report(unsigned int total_tests, unsigned int failed_test static int __init __module##_init(void) \ { \ pr_info("loaded.\n"); \ + add_taint(TAINT_TEST, LOCKDEP_STILL_OK); \ selftest(); \ return kstm_report(total_tests, failed_tests, skipped_tests); \ } \ @@ -51,4 +53,6 @@ static void __exit __module##_exit(void) \ module_init(__module##_init); \ module_exit(__module##_exit) +MODULE_INFO(test, "Y"); + #endif /* __KSELFTEST_MODULE_H */ |