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This wiki is dedicated to holding information about the kselftest feature of the Linux kernel.
The purpose of kselftest is to provide kernel developers and end-users a quick method of running tests against the Linux kernel. As of this writing, Samsung developer Shuah Kahn is the project leader.
kselftest was discussed at the 2014 kernel summit (in August, 2014), with Shuah making a presentation during the "core day" of the summit. Some followup discussions were held during an "unconference" session the following day.
Here is a list of desired features for kselftest (some of which already exist (as of August 2014):
There are some sub-projects or additional features, that some developers have expressed interest in, for the kselftest system. Below is a bullet list for tracking the status of these different sub-projects:
Initially, Shuah started collecting existing unit tests from other places both inside and outside the kernel source tree. Here are some tests that have been discussed or requested: