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Commit 4c16b1d6 authored by Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)'s avatar Steven Rostedt (Red Hat) Committed by Steven Rostedt
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ktest: Update documentation on config_bisect



With the more robust config_bisect, the documentation is out of
date and needs to be updated.

The new rewrite allows for finding missing configs and such, and
is much more robust to use.

Signed-off-by: default avatarSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
parent 4cc559bd
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@@ -1098,49 +1098,35 @@
#
#  The way it works is this:
#
#   First it finds a config to work with. Since a different version, or
#   MIN_CONFIG may cause different dependecies, it must run through this
#   preparation.
#   You can specify a good config with CONFIG_BISECT_GOOD, otherwise it
#   will use the MIN_CONFIG, and if that's not specified, it will use
#   the config that comes with "make defconfig".
#
#   Overwrites any config set in the bad config with a config set in
#   either the MIN_CONFIG or ADD_CONFIG. Thus, make sure these configs
#   are minimal and do not disable configs you want to test:
#   (ie.  # CONFIG_FOO is not set).
#   It runs both the good and bad configs through a make oldconfig to
#   make sure that they are set up for the kernel that is checked out.
#
#   An oldconfig is run on the bad config and any new config that
#   appears will be added to the configs to test.
#   It then reads the configs that are set, as well as the ones that are
#   not set for both the good and bad configs, and then compares them.
#   It will set half of the good configs within the bad config (note,
#   "set" means to make the bad config match the good config, a config
#   in the good config that is off, will be turned off in the bad
#   config. That is considered a "set").
#
#   Finally, it generates a config with the above result and runs it
#   again through make oldconfig to produce a config that should be
#   satisfied by kconfig.
#   It tests this new config and if it works, it becomes the new good
#   config, otherwise it becomes the new bad config. It continues this
#   process until there's only one config left and it will report that
#   config.
#
#   Then it starts the bisect.
#   The "bad config" can also be a config that is needed to boot but was
#   disabled because it depended on something that wasn't set.
#
#   The configs to test are cut in half. If all the configs in this
#   half depend on a config in the other half, then the other half
#   is tested instead. If no configs are enabled by either half, then
#   this means a circular dependency exists and the test fails.
#   During this process, it saves the current good and bad configs in
#   ${TMP_DIR}/good_config and ${TMP_DIR}/bad_config respectively.
#   If you stop the test, you can copy them to a new location to
#   reuse them again.
#
#   A config is created with the test half, and the bisect test is run.
#
#   If the bisect succeeds, then all configs in the generated config
#   are removed from the configs to test and added to the configs that
#   will be enabled for all builds (they will be enabled, but not be part
#   of the configs to examine).
#
#   If the bisect fails, then all test configs that were not enabled by
#   the config file are removed from the test. These configs will not
#   be enabled in future tests. Since current config failed, we consider
#   this to be a subset of the config that we started with.
#
#   When we are down to one config, it is considered the bad config.
#
#   Note, the config chosen may not be the true bad config. Due to
#   dependencies and selections of the kbuild system, mulitple
#   configs may be needed to cause a failure. If you disable the
#   config that was found and restart the test, if the test fails
#   again, it is recommended to rerun the config_bisect with a new
#   bad config without the found config enabled.
#   Although the MIN_CONFIG may be the config it starts with, the
#   MIN_CONFIG is ignored.
#
#  The option BUILD_TYPE will be ignored.
#
@@ -1160,13 +1146,16 @@
# CONFIG_BISECT_GOOD (optional)
#  If you have a good config to start with, then you
#  can specify it with CONFIG_BISECT_GOOD. Otherwise
#  the MIN_CONFIG is the base.
#  the MIN_CONFIG is the base, if MIN_CONFIG is not set
#  It will build a config with "make defconfig"
#
# CONFIG_BISECT_CHECK (optional)
#  Set this to 1 if you want to confirm that the config ktest
#  generates (the bad config with the min config) is still bad.
#  It may be that the min config fixes what broke the bad config
#  and the test will not return a result.
#  Set it to "good" to test only the good config and set it
#  to "bad" to only test the bad config.
#
# Example:
#   TEST_START