From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 500C2979 for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 06:55:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail9.hitachi.co.jp (mail9.hitachi.co.jp [133.145.228.44]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA14E20117 for ; Mon, 12 May 2014 06:55:47 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <5370706E.6000108@hitachi.com> Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 15:55:42 +0900 From: Masami Hiramatsu MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel Vetter References: <53662254.9060100@huawei.com> <53699F27.9040403@hitachi.com> <1399431538.2581.30.camel@buesod1.americas.hpqcorp.net> <5369EE59.9040805@hitachi.com> <20140507083936.GY26088@console-pimps.org> <536A1CC3.5090506@hitachi.com> <536AF7F4.6010608@hitachi.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org" Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] stable issues List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , (2014/05/09 21:32), Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Masami Hiramatsu > 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, -- Masami HIRAMATSU Software Platform Research Dept. Linux Technology Research Center Hitachi, Ltd., Yokohama Research Laboratory E-mail: masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com