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: KP Singh <kpsingh@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst index ca064180d4d0..80ddcce8df02 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst @@ -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/run_in_vm.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/run_in_vm.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. -- 2.30.0.365.g02bc693789-goog
