[PATCH] docs/kselftest: clarify running mainline tests on stables

[Shuah Khan]

Update the document to clarifiy support for running mainline
kselftest on stable releases and the reasons for not removing
test code that can test older kernels.

Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
index dcefee707ccd..a833ecf12fbc 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ directory. These are intended to be small tests to exercise individual code
 paths in the kernel. Tests are intended to be run after building, installing
 and booting a kernel.
 
+Kselftest from mainline can be run on older stable kernels. Running tests
+from mainline offers the best coverage. Several test rings run mainline
+kselftest suite on stable releases. The reason is that when a new test
+gets added to test existing code to regression test a bug, we should be
+able to run that test on an older kernel. Hence, it is important to keep
+code that can still test an older kernel and make sure it skips the test
+gracefully on newer releases.
+
 You can find additional information on Kselftest framework, how to
 write new tests using the framework on Kselftest wiki:
 
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