ktest: Add TEST_TYPE install option

In testing one of my boxes, I found that I only wanted to build and
install the kernel. I wanted to manually reboot the box and test it.
Adding a TEST_TYPE option "install" allows this to happen.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>

diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 8d02ccb10c598bc8c7a9e926e9b9500c75d51e37..e087cb411c9b0c9483f68d37d0f3f17f0cd96f7c 100755 (executable)
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -2929,6 +2929,13 @@ for (my $i = 1; $i <= $opt{"NUM_TESTS"}; $i++) {
        build $build_type or next;
     }
 
+    if ($test_type eq "install") {
+       get_version;
+       install;
+       success $i;
+       next;
+    }
+
     if ($test_type ne "build") {
        my $failed = 0;
        start_monitor_and_boot or $failed = 1;

diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index b8bcd14b5a4da7f3e2979b75118196971acda3e2..eadca3eb6f5ad416b14c508181c34bef37bc5047 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -253,9 +253,10 @@
 
 # The default test type (default test)
 # The test types may be:
-#   build - only build the kernel, do nothing else
-#   boot - build and boot the kernel
-#   test - build, boot and if TEST is set, run the test script
+#   build   - only build the kernel, do nothing else
+#   install - build and install, but do nothing else (does not reboot)
+#   boot    - build, install, and boot the kernel
+#   test    - build, boot and if TEST is set, run the test script
 #          (If TEST is not set, it defaults back to boot)
 #   bisect - Perform a bisect on the kernel (see BISECT_TYPE below)
 #   patchcheck - Do a test on a series of commits in git (see PATCHCHECK below)