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-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst20
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/testing-devices.rst47
6 files changed, 67 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
index a9fac978a525..abb3ff682076 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
@@ -470,8 +470,6 @@ API usage
usleep_range() should be preferred over udelay(). The proper way of
using usleep_range() is mentioned in the kernel docs.
- See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/timers/timers-howto.html#delays-information-on-the-various-kernel-delay-sleep-mechanisms
-
Comments
--------
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst
index dbd26b02ff3c..075df6a4598d 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/gcov.rst
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Possible uses:
associated code is never run?)
.. _gcov: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Gcov.html
-.. _lcov: http://ltp.sourceforge.net/coverage/lcov.php
+.. _lcov: https://github.com/linux-test-project/lcov
Preparation
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst
index f83ba2601e55..cb626a7a000c 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kgdb.rst
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ supports it for the architecture you are using, you can use hardware
breakpoints if you desire to run with the ``CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX``
option turned on, else you need to turn off this option.
-Next you should choose one of more I/O drivers to interconnect debugging
+Next you should choose one or more I/O drivers to interconnect the debugging
host and debugged target. Early boot debugging requires a KGDB I/O
driver that supports early debugging and the driver must be built into
the kernel directly. Kgdb I/O driver configuration takes place via
-kernel or module parameters which you can learn more about in the in the
+kernel or module parameters which you can learn more about in the
section that describes the parameter kgdboc.
Here is an example set of ``.config`` symbols to enable or disable for kgdb::
@@ -201,8 +201,8 @@ Using loadable module or built-in
Configure kgdboc at runtime with sysfs
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-At run time you can enable or disable kgdboc by echoing a parameters
-into the sysfs. Here are two examples:
+At run time you can enable or disable kgdboc by writing parameters
+into sysfs. Here are two examples:
1. Enable kgdboc on ttyS0::
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ ways to activate this feature.
2. Use sysfs before configuring an I/O driver::
- echo 1 > /sys/module/kgdb/parameters/kgdb_use_con
+ echo 1 > /sys/module/debug_core/parameters/kgdb_use_con
.. note::
@@ -374,10 +374,10 @@ default behavior is always set to 0.
Kernel parameter: ``nokaslr``
-----------------------------
-If the architecture that you are using enable KASLR by default,
+If the architecture that you are using enables KASLR by default,
you should consider turning it off. KASLR randomizes the
-virtual address where the kernel image is mapped and confuse
-gdb which resolve kernel symbol address from symbol table
+virtual address where the kernel image is mapped and confuses
+gdb which resolves addresses of kernel symbols from the symbol table
of vmlinux.
Using kdb
@@ -631,8 +631,6 @@ automatically changes into kgdb mode.
kgdb
- Now disconnect your terminal program and connect gdb in its place
-
2. At the kdb prompt, disconnect the terminal program and connect gdb in
its place.
@@ -749,7 +747,7 @@ The kernel debugger is organized into a number of components:
helper functions in some of the other kernel components to make it
possible for kdb to examine and report information about the kernel
without taking locks that could cause a kernel deadlock. The kdb core
- contains implements the following functionality.
+ implements the following functionality.
- A simple shell
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst
index 6a48d96c5c85..0dc668b183f6 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kmsan.rst
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ KMSAN shadow memory
-------------------
KMSAN associates a metadata byte (also called shadow byte) with every byte of
-kernel memory. A bit in the shadow byte is set iff the corresponding bit of the
+kernel memory. A bit in the shadow byte is set if the corresponding bit of the
kernel memory byte is uninitialized. Marking the memory uninitialized (i.e.
setting its shadow bytes to ``0xff``) is called poisoning, marking it
initialized (setting the shadow bytes to ``0x00``) is called unpoisoning.
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
index f3766e326d1e..fdb1df86783a 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ kselftest runs as a userspace process. Tests that can be written/run in
userspace may wish to use the `Test Harness`_. Tests that need to be
run in kernel space may wish to use a `Test Module`_.
+Documentation on the tests
+==========================
+
+For documentation on the kselftests themselves, see:
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ testing-devices
+
Running the selftests (hotplug tests are run in limited mode)
=============================================================
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/testing-devices.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/testing-devices.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab26adb99051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/testing-devices.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+.. Copyright (c) 2024 Collabora Ltd
+
+=============================
+Device testing with kselftest
+=============================
+
+
+There are a few different kselftests available for testing devices generically,
+with some overlap in coverage and different requirements. This document aims to
+give an overview of each one.
+
+Note: Paths in this document are relative to the kselftest folder
+(``tools/testing/selftests``).
+
+Device oriented kselftests:
+
+* Devicetree (``dt``)
+
+ * **Coverage**: Probe status for devices described in Devicetree
+ * **Requirements**: None
+
+* Error logs (``devices/error_logs``)
+
+ * **Coverage**: Error (or more critical) log messages presence coming from any
+ device
+ * **Requirements**: None
+
+* Discoverable bus (``devices/probe``)
+
+ * **Coverage**: Presence and probe status of USB or PCI devices that have been
+ described in the reference file
+ * **Requirements**: Manually describe the devices that should be tested in a
+ YAML reference file (see ``devices/probe/boards/google,spherion.yaml`` for
+ an example)
+
+* Exist (``devices/exist``)
+
+ * **Coverage**: Presence of all devices
+ * **Requirements**: Generate the reference (see ``devices/exist/README.rst``
+ for details) on a known-good kernel
+
+Therefore, the suggestion is to enable the error log and devicetree tests on all
+(DT-based) platforms, since they don't have any requirements. Then to greatly
+improve coverage, generate the reference for each platform and enable the exist
+test. The discoverable bus test can be used to verify the probe status of
+specific USB or PCI devices, but is probably not worth it for most cases.