linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] epoll: limit paths

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Date:	Tue, 6 Sep 2011 12:45:07 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
Cc:	davidel@...ilserver.org, nelhage@...lice.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] epoll: limit paths

On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 09:36:41 -0400
Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com> wrote:

> > I don't think we have any maintained public test code for epoll?  And I
> > trust you have some?  It would be good if you could merge whatever you
> > have into the main kernel.  Then each time we fix bugs or add features,
> > I can harrass people to update the test harness to track the changes.
> > 
> 
> ok. The tests I've used to test this were:
> 
> -pipetest.c: http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/linux-ia64/0405/9684.html
> -test I posted in https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/25/297
> -test Nelson posted in https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/2/25/297
> -some variations on the above tests
> 
> I can clean these up, and try and propose them for merge...also where would
> they live?

We don't have a formal self-test framework in-kernel.  Probably much
chin-scratching would precede such a thing.  For now I guess you could
follow Steve and use tools/testing/epoll/.

Perhaps you might go as far as to permit one to type "cd tools/testing
; make test" and have it run all the self-tests.  Which will consist of
epoll ;)
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