Re: [GIT PULL] Kselftest update for Linux 5.4-rc1

[Randy Dunlap]

On 9/23/19 12:43 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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/.

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~Randy