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On Tue, 2014-05-13 at 16:36 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2014 15:55:42 +0900
> Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Agreed. I'd like to suggest adding UT: tag or TS: tag for unit test
> > for testsuite to MAINTAINERS file, which will make clear how to test
> > that subsystem when submitting patches. :)
> 
> That's a good idea.
> 
> I still need to post my ftrace tests somewhere. I could add it to
> tools/testing/selftests, but I break rule #1:
> 
>  *  Do as much as you can if you're not root

Sorry but *why*? I would have thought that selftests are crash and burn,
at your own risk... heck its only used by kernel developers, not
sysadmins!