Commit 881949f7 authored by KP Singh's avatar KP Singh Committed by Andrii Nakryiko

bpf/selftests: Add a short note about vmtest.sh in README.rst

Add a short note to make contributors aware of the existence of the
script. The documentation does not intentionally document all the
options of the script to avoid mentioning it in two places (it's
available in the usage / help message of the script).
Signed-off-by: default avatarKP Singh <kpsingh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20210204194544.3383814-3-kpsingh@kernel.org
parent c9709f52
......@@ -6,6 +6,30 @@ General instructions on running selftests can be found in
__ /Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst#q-how-to-run-bpf-selftests
=========================
Running Selftests in a VM
=========================
It's now possible to run the selftests using ``tools/testing/selftests/bpf/vmtest.sh``.
The script tries to ensure that the tests are run with the same environment as they
would be run post-submit in the CI used by the Maintainers.
This script downloads a suitable Kconfig and VM userspace image from the system used by
the CI. It builds the kernel (without overwriting your existing Kconfig), recompiles the
bpf selftests, runs them (by default ``tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_progs``) and
saves the resulting output (by default in ``~/.bpf_selftests``).
For more information on about using the script, run:
.. code-block:: console
$ tools/testing/selftests/bpf/vmtest.sh -h
.. note:: The script uses pahole and clang based on host environment setting.
If you want to change pahole and llvm, you can change `PATH` environment
variable in the beginning of script.
.. note:: The script currently only supports x86_64.
Additional information about selftest failures are
documented here.
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