linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Kselftest update for Linux 5.4-rc1

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Message-ID: <71d15ce8-5bb4-c4c7-42ab-8dc5ce45b73e@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:11:43 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@...aro.org>,
        "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" 
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Kselftest update for Linux 5.4-rc1

On 9/23/19 2:53 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
>> Right. What you suggesting is very similar to and more complete than
>> what I have been thinking about and proposed at the KS kselftest track.
>>
>> i.e move tools/testing/selftests to kselftest at the root level. I like
>> your idea of moving tools/testing up to root and keep selftests under
>> it.
>>
>> If we are good with this kind of change, I would like to get this done
>> sooner than later. There is some back-porting churn to worry about.
> 
> I think the movement I suggested would be sufficient:
> 
>    tools/testing/selftests/ =>  tools/selftests/
> 
> I.e. let's not clutter up the top level directory.
> 

Yeah good point.

-- Shuah