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linux/tools/testing/selftests
Daniel Borkmann 23a9544206 selftests: net: add PF_PACKET TPACKET v1/v2/v3 selftests
This patch adds a simple test case that probes the packet socket's
TPACKET_V1, TPACKET_V2 and TPACKET_V3 behavior regarding mmap(2)'ed
I/O for a small burst of 100 packets. The test currently runs for ...

  TPACKET_V1: RX_RING, TX_RING
  TPACKET_V2: RX_RING, TX_RING
  TPACKET_V3: RX_RING

... and will output on success:

  test: TPACKET_V1 with PACKET_RX_RING .................... 100 pkts (9600 bytes)
  test: TPACKET_V1 with PACKET_TX_RING .................... 100 pkts (9600 bytes)
  test: TPACKET_V2 with PACKET_RX_RING .................... 100 pkts (9600 bytes)
  test: TPACKET_V2 with PACKET_TX_RING .................... 100 pkts (9600 bytes)
  test: TPACKET_V3 with PACKET_RX_RING .................... 100 pkts (9600 bytes)
  OK. All tests passed

Reusable parts of psock_fanout.c have been put into a psock_lib.h
file for common usage. Test case successfully tested on x86_64.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-04-07 17:02:24 -04:00
..
2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00

Linux Kernel Selftests

The kernel contains a set of "self tests" under the tools/testing/selftests/
directory. These are intended to be small unit tests to exercise individual
code paths in the kernel.

Running the selftests
=====================

To build the tests:

  $ make -C tools/testing/selftests


To run the tests:

  $ make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests

- note that some tests will require root privileges.


To run only tests targetted for a single subsystem:

  $  make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=cpu-hotplug run_tests

See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all possible
targets.


Contributing new tests
======================

In general, the rules for for selftests are

 * Do as much as you can if you're not root;

 * Don't take too long;

 * Don't break the build on any architecture, and

 * Don't cause the top-level "make run_tests" to fail if your feature is
   unconfigured.