linux-stable/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch
Petr Mladek 5e4d46881f selftests/livepatch: adopt to newer sysctl error format
With procfs v3.3.16, the sysctl command doesn't print the set key and
value on error.  This change breaks livepatch selftest test-ftrace.sh,
that tests the interaction of sysctl ftrace_enabled:

Make it work with all sysctl versions using '-q' option.

Explicitly print the final status on success so that it can be verified
in the log. The error message is enough on failure.

Reported-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200714091030.1611-1-pmladek@suse.com
2020-07-15 08:54:35 +02:00
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config selftests: livepatch: add missing fragments to config 2019-09-23 08:33:16 -06:00
functions.sh selftests/livepatch: adopt to newer sysctl error format 2020-07-15 08:54:35 +02:00
Makefile selftests: Install settings files to fix TIMEOUT failures 2020-02-20 08:56:42 -07:00
README selftests/livepatch: Don't clear dmesg when running tests 2020-06-19 10:46:42 +02:00
settings selftests/livepatch: Disable the timeout 2019-10-25 19:59:12 +02:00
test-callbacks.sh selftests/livepatch: Don't clear dmesg when running tests 2020-06-19 10:46:42 +02:00
test-ftrace.sh selftests/livepatch: adopt to newer sysctl error format 2020-07-15 08:54:35 +02:00
test-livepatch.sh selftests/livepatch: Don't clear dmesg when running tests 2020-06-19 10:46:42 +02:00
test-shadow-vars.sh selftests/livepatch: Don't clear dmesg when running tests 2020-06-19 10:46:42 +02:00
test-state.sh selftests/livepatch: Don't clear dmesg when running tests 2020-06-19 10:46:42 +02:00

====================
Livepatch Self Tests
====================

This is a small set of sanity tests for the kernel livepatching.

The test suite loads and unloads several test kernel modules to verify
livepatch behavior.  Debug information is logged to the kernel's message
buffer and parsed for expected messages.  (Note: the tests will compare
the message buffer for only the duration of each individual test.)


Config
------

Set these config options and their prerequisites:

CONFIG_LIVEPATCH=y
CONFIG_TEST_LIVEPATCH=m


Running the tests
-----------------

Test kernel modules are built as part of lib/ (make modules) and need to
be installed (make modules_install) as the test scripts will modprobe
them.

To run the livepatch selftests, from the top of the kernel source tree:

  % make -C tools/testing/selftests TARGETS=livepatch run_tests


Adding tests
------------

See the common functions.sh file for the existing collection of utility
functions, most importantly setup_config(), start_test() and
check_result().  The latter function greps the kernel's ring buffer for
"livepatch:" and "test_klp" strings, so tests be sure to include one of
those strings for result comparison.  Other utility functions include
general module loading and livepatch loading helpers (waiting for patch
transitions, sysfs entries, etc.)