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author | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2019-10-27 11:00:19 -0700 |
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committer | Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> | 2019-10-27 11:00:19 -0700 |
commit | 728d90bdc9e480dc93913e59a0aa3c896c7aa697 (patch) | |
tree | 258b1b6ee711f0ef67fd225700d84eccec285194 /Documentation/dev-tools | |
parent | cb3efd5a38855eabd26c2b631dd027169678d60f (diff) | |
parent | d6d5df1db6e9d7f8f76d2911707f7d5877251b02 (diff) |
Merge tag 'v5.4-rc5' into next
Sync up with mainline.
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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 16 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst index b72d07d70239..525296121d89 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kasan.rst @@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ smaller binary while the latter is 1.1 - 2 times faster. Both KASAN modes work with both SLUB and SLAB memory allocators. For better bug detection and nicer reporting, enable CONFIG_STACKTRACE. +To augment reports with last allocation and freeing stack of the physical page, +it is recommended to enable also CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER and boot with page_owner=on. + To disable instrumentation for specific files or directories, add a line similar to the following to the respective kernel Makefile: diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index 25604904fa6e..ecdfdc9d4b03 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -89,6 +89,22 @@ To build, save output files in a separate directory with KBUILD_OUTPUT :: $ export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/kselftest; make TARGETS="size timers" kselftest +Additionally you can use the "SKIP_TARGETS" variable on the make command +line to specify one or more targets to exclude from the TARGETS list. + +To run all tests but a single subsystem:: + + $ make -C tools/testing/selftests SKIP_TARGETS=ptrace run_tests + +You can specify multiple tests to skip:: + + $ make SKIP_TARGETS="size timers" kselftest + +You can also specify a restricted list of tests to run together with a +dedicated skiplist:: + + $ make TARGETS="bpf breakpoints size timers" SKIP_TARGETS=bpf kselftest + See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all possible targets. |