Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] stable issues

[Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com>]

(2014/05/09 21:32), Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Masami Hiramatsu
> <masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com> wrote:
>>>> Ah, that's a good example for adding new feature/bugfix with test case! :)
>>>> I think this type of combined patch will be good to run tests with git-bisect.
>>>> At least out-of-tree test should work with git-bisect.
>>>
>>> At least for drm/i915 I don't think merging the tests into the kernel
>>> would be beneficial, at least now:
>>
>> Hm, it seems some other subsystems have their own testsuites, I think we'd
>> better clarify the testing policy for each subsystem,
>> using dedicated testing tools or in-kernel selftest.
> 
> What I'd like to discuss for the overall kernel is minimal standards
> that apply everywhere. And process issues like where external test
> suites should be documented (they're useless if people can't find
> them) and how much pressure we should apply to get them into the
> kernel git tree. And whether that makes sense in all cases or not.

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. :)

Thank you,

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Masami HIRAMATSU
Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Research Center
Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory
E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com