linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/19 v4] Add timekeeping tests to kernel selftests

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Message-ID: <5501E80D.9060106@osg.samsung.com>
Date:	Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:25:01 -0600
From:	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/19 v4] Add timekeeping tests to kernel selftests

On 03/11/2015 06:39 PM, John Stultz wrote:
> I've hosted my timekeeping tests on github for the last few years:
> 	https://github.com/johnstultz-work/timetests
> 
> but I suspect not too many folks have actually used them.
> 
> I've been meaning to get them reworked and submitted into the
> selftest infrastructure, but haven't had much time until
> recently.
> 
> I've added both the non-desctructive and destructive tests
> (which set the time, possibly to strange values, or tries
> to trigger historical issues that could crash the machine).
> The destructive tests are run (as root, or with proper
> privledge) via:
> 	# make run_destructive_tests
> 
> Changes in v4:
> * Cleaned up extern optarg checkpatch warnings (since we include
>   unistd.h now)
> * Fixed up some trailing empty lines Shuah pointed out.
> 
> Let me know if there is any further comments or feedback!
> 

Thanks for adding these tests. Queued up for 4.1 in
kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest.git next

thanks,
-- Shuah


-- 
Shuah Khan
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Open Source Innovation Group
Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley)
shuahkh@....samsung.com | (970) 217-8978
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