Re: [bpf-next PATCH 5/5] bpf, doc: howto use/run the BPF selftests

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Hi

Some typo fixes below.

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 3:43 PM Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I always forget howto run the BPF selftests. Thus, lets add that info
> to the QA document.

> Documentation was based on Cilium's documentation:
>   http://cilium.readthedocs.io/en/latest/bpf/#verifying-the-setup

> Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

> diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
> index 2254bdeae990..0e7c1d946e83 100644
> --- a/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/bpf/bpf_devel_QA.rst
> @@ -417,6 +417,33 @@ submitted by the BPF maintainers to the stable
maintainers.
>   Testing patches
>   ===============

> +Q: How to run BPF selftests
> +---------------------------
> +A: After you have booted into the newly compiled kernel, navigate to
> +the BPF selftests_ suite in order to test BPF functionality (current
> +working directory points to the root of the cloned git tree)::
> +
> +  $ cd tools/testing/selftests/bpf/
> +  $ make
> +
> +To run the verifier tests::
> +
> +  $ sudo ./test_verifier
> +
> +The verifier tests print out all the current checks being
> +performed. The summary at the end of running all tests will dump
> +information of test successes and failures::

Two colons at the end of the line. Don't think that was intended.


> +
> +  Summary: 418 PASSED, 0 FAILED
> +
> +In order to run through all BPF selftests, the following command is
> +needed::
> +
> +  $ sudo make run_tests
> +
> +See the kernels selftest `Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst`_

s/kernels/kernel's/

I also think the underscore at the end of this line is misplaced (or it
should be a dash instead).

Cheers,

Silvan


> +document for further documentation.
> +
>   Q: Which BPF kernel selftests version should I run my kernel against?
>   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>   A: If you run a kernel ``xyz``, then always run the BPF kernel selftests
> @@ -607,5 +634,7 @@ when:
>   .. _netdev FAQ: ../networking/netdev-FAQ.txt
>   .. _samples/bpf/: ../../samples/bpf/
>   .. _selftests: ../../tools/testing/selftests/bpf/
> +.. _Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst:
> +   https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/kselftest.html

>   Happy BPF hacking!

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