Re: [PATCH 2/2 v6] locking/selftest: Support queued rwlock

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 08:07:28AM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 7:28 AM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Maybe I wasn't clear; but I meant you should extend the lock tests to
> > cover the full qrwlock semantics.
> >
> > That means we also need tests like:
> >
> >         RL(X1);
> >         IRQ_ENTER();
> >         RL(X2);
> >         IRQ_EXIT();
> >
> > To fully validate that in_interrupt exception to fairness etc..
> 
> A bit off topic for this patch, however relevant for tests in general.
> Is there a reason why these locking selftests need to be under lib?
> Can they be consolidated under tools/testing/selftests?

tools/ seems wrong as its very much not userspace.

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