1. 16 Jul, 2011 3 commits
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ktest: Add prompt to use OUTPUT_MIN_CONFIG · 35ce5952
      Steven Rostedt authored
      If the defined OUTPUT_MIN_CONFIG in the make_min_config test exists,
      then give a prompt to ask the user if they want to use that config
      instead, as it is very often the case, especially when the test has been
      interrupted. The OUTPUT_MIN_CONFIG is usually the config that one wants
      to use to continue the test where they left off.
      
      But if START_MIN_CONFIG is defined (thus the MIN_CONFIG is not the
      default), then do not prompt, as it will be annoying if the user has
      this as one of many tests, and the test pauses waiting for input, while
      the user is sleeping.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      35ce5952
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ktest: Use Kconfig dependencies to shorten time to make min_config · b9066f6c
      Steven Rostedt authored
      To save time, the test does not just grab any option and test
      it. The Kconfig files are examined to determine the dependencies
      of the configs. If a config is chosen that depends on another
      config, that config will be checked first. By checking the
      parents first, we can eliminate whole groups of configs that
      may have been enabled.
      
      For example, if a USB device config is chosen and depends on
      CONFIG_USB, the CONFIG_USB will be tested before the device.
      If CONFIG_USB is found not to be needed, it, as well as all
      configs that depend on it, will be disabled and removed from
      the current min_config.
      
      Note, the code from streamline_config (make localmodconfig)
      was copied and used to find the dependencies in the Kconfig file.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      b9066f6c
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ktest: Add test type make_min_config · 4c4ab120
      Steven Rostedt authored
      After doing a make localyesconfig, your kernel configuration may
      not be the most useful minimum configuration. Having a true minimum
      config that you can use against other configs is very useful if
      someone else has a config that breaks on your code. By only forcing
      those configurations that are truly required to boot your machine
      will give you less of a chance that one of your set configurations
      will make the bug go away. This will give you a better chance to
      be able to reproduce the reported bug matching the broken config.
      
      Note, this does take some time, and may require you to run the
      test over night, or perhaps over the weekend. But it also allows
      you to interrupt it, and gives you the current minimum config
      that was found till that time.
      
      Note, this test automatically assumes a BUILD_TYPE of oldconfig
      and its test type acts like boot.
      
      TODO: add a test version that makes the config do more than just
            boot, like having network access.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      4c4ab120
  2. 15 Jun, 2011 6 commits
  3. 13 Jun, 2011 8 commits
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ktest: Allow initrd processing without modules defined · db05cfef
      Steven Rostedt authored
      When a config is set with CONFIG_MODULES=n, it does not mean that the
      kernel does not need an initrd to boot. For systems that depend on LVM
      and such, an initrd must run first.
      
      If POST_INSTALL is defined, then run the post install regardless if
      modules are needed or not.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      db05cfef
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ktest: Have LOG_FILE evaluate options as well · 23715c3c
      Steven Rostedt authored
      The LOG_FILE variable needs to evaluate the $ options as well.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      23715c3c
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ktest: Have wait on stdio honor bug timeout · ecaf8e52
      Steven Rostedt authored
      After a bug is found, the STOP_AFTER_FAILURE timeout is used to
      determine how much output should be printed before breaking out
      of the monitor loop. This is to get things like call traces and
      enough infromation about the bug to help determine what caused it.
      
      The STOP_AFTER_FAILURE is usually much shorter than the TIMEOUT
      that is used to determine when to quit after no more stdio is given.
      
      But since the stdio read uses a wait on I/O, the STOP_AFTER_FAILURE is
      only checked after we get something from I/O. But if the I/O does
      not return any more data, we wait the TIMEOUT period instead, even
      though we already triggered a bug report.
      
      The wait on I/O should honor the STOP_AFTER_FAILURE time if a bug has
      been found.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      ecaf8e52
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ktest: Implement our own force min config · fcb3f16a
      Steven Rostedt authored
      Using the build KCONFIG_ALLCONFIG environment variable to force
      the min config may not always work properly. Since ktest is
      written in perl, it is trivial to read and replace the current
      config with the configs specified by the min config.
      
      Now the min config (and add configs) are read by perl and before
      a make is done, these configs in the .config file are replaced
      by the version in the min config.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      fcb3f16a
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ktest: Add TEST_NAME option · 9064af52
      Steven Rostedt authored
      Searching through several tests, it gets confusing which test result
      is for which test. By adding the TEST_NAME option, the user can tell
      which test result belongs to which test.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      9064af52
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ktest: Add CONFIG_BISECT_GOOD option · 30f75da5
      Steven Rostedt authored
      Currently the config_bisect compares the min config with the
      CONFIG_BISECT config. There may be another config that we know
      is good that we want to ignore configs on. By passing in this
      config it will ignore the options that are set in the good config.
      
      Note: This only ignores the config, it does not (yet) handle
      options that are different between the two configs. If the good
      config has "SLAB" set and the bad config has "SLUB" it will not
      find the bug if the bug had to do with changing these two options.
      
      This is something that I intend to implement in the future.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      30f75da5
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ktest: Add detection of triple faults · f1a5b962
      Steven Rostedt authored
      When a triple fault happens in a test, no call trace nor panic
      is displayed. Instead, the system reboots to the good kernel.
      Since the good kernel may display a boot prompt that matches the
      success string, ktest may think that the test succeeded, when it
      did not.
      
      Detecting triple faults is tricky because it is hard to generalize
      what a reboot looks like. The best that we can come up with for now
      is to examine the Linux banner. If we detect that the Linux banner
      matches the test we want to test, then look to see if we hit another
      Linux banner with a different kernel is booted. This can be assumed
      to be a triple fault.
      
      We can't just check for two Linux banners because things like
      early printk may cause the Linux banner to be displayed twice. Checking
      for different kernel versions should be the safe bet.
      
      If this for some reason detects a false triple boot. A new ktest
      config option is also created:
      
       DETECT_TRIPLE_FAULT
      
      This can be set to 0 to disable this checking.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      f1a5b962
    • Steven Rostedt's avatar
      ktest: Notify reason to break out of monitoring boot · cd4f1d53
      Steven Rostedt authored
      Different timeouts can cause the ktest monitor to break out of the
      loop. It becomes annoying that one does not know the reason why
      it exited the monitor loop. Display the cause of the reason why
      the loop was exited.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
      cd4f1d53
  4. 06 Jun, 2011 5 commits
  5. 04 Jun, 2011 17 commits
  6. 03 Jun, 2011 1 commit
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block · 4f1ba49e
      Linus Torvalds authored
      * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
        block: Use hlist_entry() for io_context.cic_list.first
        cfq-iosched: Remove bogus check in queue_fail path
        xen/blkback: potential null dereference in error handling
        xen/blkback: don't call vbd_size() if bd_disk is NULL
        block: blkdev_get() should access ->bd_disk only after success
        CFQ: Fix typo and remove unnecessary semicolon
        block: remove unwanted semicolons
        Revert "block: Remove extra discard_alignment from hd_struct."
        nbd: adjust 'max_part' according to part_shift
        nbd: limit module parameters to a sane value
        nbd: pass MSG_* flags to kernel_recvmsg()
        block: improve the bio_add_page() and bio_add_pc_page() descriptions
      4f1ba49e