Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] ktest.pl: Easy and flexible testing script for Linux Kernel Developers | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:56:59 -0400 |
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On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 20:41 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > > Should I try to get this into 2.6.37? Since it is a stand alone tool, I > > can hardly expect that it would break anything else. > > I don't see why not, but perhaps you might want to wait for people to > test it a bit? Then get it into .38?
That's sorta the catch-22. We want testers before pushing it into mainline, but if it is in mainline we get more testers :-)
I'm not sure it makes a difference now if it goes in or if it does not. Because it would reside in tools as a helper program, and will not affect the quality of the kernel whether it's in the kernel tree or not. Although, I could argue that it may help the quality of the kernel if it is in the kernel tree because it may have more people testing the kernel.
One thing I worry about adding it to the tools directory. I could imagine someone running the tool from the tools directly from the build source that they are testing. If they do a bisect, a bisect may remove the tools directory while its running. That would be an interesting test ;-)
-- Steve
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