linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Kprobes: Add kprobes smoke tests that run on boot

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Message-ID: <20080109080003.GC32560@infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 9 Jan 2008 08:00:03 +0000
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, ananth@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jim Keniston <jkenisto@...ibm.com>, mhiramat@...hat.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, hskinnemoen@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kprobes: Add kprobes smoke tests that run on boot

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 11:18:02PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> 
> > Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com> writes:
> > >  kernel/kprobes.c        |    2 
> > >  kernel/test_kprobes.c   |  216 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 
> > Can you put this somewhere else please? I know there are already some 
> > test files in kernel/* but imho they all belong into some other 
> > directory.
> 
> agreed - lib/* would be the right place i think - we've got 
> lib/locking-selftest.c already.

Actually the right place would be to have a separate toplevel directory
I think, and a separate menu in the kernel config machinery.  Thay way
tests are in one place and easily spottable.

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