From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 643F9C4CECF for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:52:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37B632064A for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:52:59 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="TJWrb2Ol" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2387416AbfIWTw6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:52:58 -0400 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([198.137.202.133]:51176 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726777AbfIWTw6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:52:58 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:From:References:Cc:To: Subject:Sender:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=DbsCXCICsdIBOG6eQYsdKwB9i0kFNIakPhaDmZrBg2g=; b=TJWrb2OlXCdFm11DRcSuG6Xag Nr7BeGhiaCScQYo4fDEGV0ktT1BKSjVqnrVfEhEUzObBxHDVieqFOsG7ZpdG5bLTzzZpy1h4ebEeq kagC3q8znEzSZfj7SR3L2Gm3HFPX496ylz1YsUEJf9Qc0sCgE/71150MRwIHhSncw86L17MyV6fBh v/2d0LkA9scbWB9MvJCcU5qnXsNf89Hsqag2WIMArybX7TFQJ4n7RJ/4c9JRf+PYqjjIyQuS49KtA JzPrqDzkgFfgYViuwdEZrMpKDtxrV90GmnRhceRracHIWraUfbEwt5SilefGrUwy8Ua7vv0Z5o7Uy ucMy6pJnA==; Received: from [2601:1c0:6280:3f0::9a1f] by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtpsa (Exim 4.92.2 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1iCUOH-0006Bw-MV; Mon, 23 Sep 2019 19:52:57 +0000 Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Kselftest update for Linux 5.4-rc1 To: Ingo Molnar , Shuah Khan Cc: Greg KH , Linus Torvalds , Brendan Higgins , Mark Brown , Jarkko Sakkinen , Anders Roxell , "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <20190922112555.GB122003@gmail.com> <20190922115247.GA2679387@kroah.com> <0ab5da69-e4f2-8990-20f9-354461235581@linuxfoundation.org> <20190923194322.GA55255@gmail.com> From: Randy Dunlap Message-ID: <32d0e94d-bf9a-01e9-2548-1fc976c7f17b@infradead.org> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:52:56 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20190923194322.GA55255@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 9/23/19 12:43 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Shuah Khan wrote: > >> I am exploring the possibility to move selftests to a better location >> or add a git alias so it can be found easily. With the addition of >> KUnit and future work that is planned to connect kselftest and KUnit, >> it would make sense have selftests to be in a location that is better >> suited than where it currently resides. >> >> I have been getting feedback from some developers that they would like >> to see selftests more visible and easier to find. >> >> There are some dependencies (unintended, shouldn't exist) between some >> tests and content under tools that might pose some logistical problems, >> in addition to the churn of backporting. >> >> I haven't explored "git alias" yet though. Since this topic of moving >> came up, I would liek to get feedback on selftests location in general >> and where would be a good place for it. > > I'm not sure about the Git alias thing - but I do agree that > tools/testing/selftests is a pretty obscure location given the importance > of kernel unit tests - and I think it could be moved one level higher, to > tools/selftests? The "selftest" name already implies the "test" aspect > after all. Without trying to use too much paint, I would move testing/ to a top-level dir, outside of tools/, and leave selftest/ under testing/. -- ~Randy