linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] selftests: Add basic posix timers selftests

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Message-ID: <CAFTL4hwbnTML3tSaAfSSJ3ybEp0O28zwcFmVDjZzE8_c2kXXjQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:32:07 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Stanislaw Gruszka <sgruszka@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] selftests: Add basic posix timers selftests

2013/3/18 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:54:02 +0100 Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> Add some initial basic tests on a few posix timers
>> interface such as setitimer() and timer_settime().
>>
>> These simply check that expiration happens in a reasonable
>> timeframe after expected elapsed clock time (user time,
>> user + system time, real time, ...).
>>
>> This is helpful for finding basic breakages while hacking
>> on this subsystem.
>>
>> ...
>>
>>  tools/testing/selftests/timers/Makefile       |    8 +
>
> I wonder if this should be tools/testing/posix-timers/, to leave room
> in the namespace for other varieties of timer.

In fact I called it timers/ on purpose such that some more timers
related selftests can be added and gathered in the future. But I don't
mind if we keep very single purpose directories like
tools/testing/posix-timers/
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