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-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst16
-rw-r--r--tools/testing/selftests/Makefile7
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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
index 25604904fa6e..ecdfdc9d4b03 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
@@ -89,6 +89,22 @@ To build, save output files in a separate directory with KBUILD_OUTPUT ::
$ export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/kselftest; make TARGETS="size timers" kselftest
+Additionally you can use the "SKIP_TARGETS" variable on the make command
+line to specify one or more targets to exclude from the TARGETS list.
+
+To run all tests but a single subsystem::
+
+ $ make -C tools/testing/selftests SKIP_TARGETS=ptrace run_tests
+
+You can specify multiple tests to skip::
+
+ $ make SKIP_TARGETS="size timers" kselftest
+
+You can also specify a restricted list of tests to run together with a
+dedicated skiplist::
+
+ $ make TARGETS="bpf breakpoints size timers" SKIP_TARGETS=bpf kselftest
+
See the top-level tools/testing/selftests/Makefile for the list of all
possible targets.
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
index bad18145ed1a..e08f26ca4071 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
@@ -63,6 +63,13 @@ TARGETS += zram
TARGETS_HOTPLUG = cpu-hotplug
TARGETS_HOTPLUG += memory-hotplug
+# User can optionally provide a TARGETS skiplist.
+SKIP_TARGETS ?=
+ifneq ($(SKIP_TARGETS),)
+ TMP := $(filter-out $(SKIP_TARGETS), $(TARGETS))
+ override TARGETS := $(TMP)
+endif
+
# Clear LDFLAGS and MAKEFLAGS if called from main
# Makefile to avoid test build failures when test
# Makefile doesn't have explicit build rules.