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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index dcf634e411bd..f3766e326d1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -228,6 +228,13 @@ In general, the rules for selftests are * Don't cause the top-level "make run_tests" to fail if your feature is unconfigured. + * The output of tests must conform to the TAP standard to ensure high + testing quality and to capture failures/errors with specific details. + The kselftest.h and kselftest_harness.h headers provide wrappers for + outputting test results. These wrappers should be used for pass, + fail, exit, and skip messages. CI systems can easily parse TAP output + messages to detect test results. + Contributing new tests (details) ================================ |