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2Livepatch Self Tests
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4
5This is a small set of sanity tests for the kernel livepatching.
6
7The test suite loads and unloads several test kernel modules to verify
8livepatch behavior. Debug information is logged to the kernel's message
9buffer and parsed for expected messages. (Note: the tests will compare
10the message buffer for only the duration of each individual test.)
11
12
13Config
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15
16Set these config options and their prerequisites:
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18CONFIG_LIVEPATCH=y
19CONFIG_TEST_LIVEPATCH=m
20
21
22Running the tests
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24
25Test kernel modules are built as part of lib/ (make modules) and need to
26be installed (make modules_install) as the test scripts will modprobe
27them.
28
29To run the livepatch selftests, from the top of the kernel source tree:
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31 % make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=livepatch run_tests
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33
34Adding tests
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36
37See the common functions.sh file for the existing collection of utility
38functions, most importantly setup_config(), start_test() and
39check_result(). The latter function greps the kernel's ring buffer for
40"livepatch:" and "test_klp" strings, so tests be sure to include one of
41those strings for result comparison. Other utility functions include
42general module loading and livepatch loading helpers (waiting for patch
43transitions, sysfs entries, etc.)