Merge tag 'ktest-v3.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-ktest

Pull ktest updates from Steven Rostedt:
 "Here's some basic updates to ktest.pl.  They include:

   - add config to modify the signal to terminate console
   - update to documentation (missing some config options)
   - add KERNEL_VERSION variable to use for other configs
   - add '=~' to let configs eval other configs
   - add BISECT_TRIES to run multiple tests per git bisect good"

* tag 'ktest-v3.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-ktest:
  ktest: Add BISECT_TRIES to bisect test
  ktest: Add eval '=~' command to modify variables in config file
  ktest: Add special variable ${KERNEL_VERSION}
  ktest: Add documentation of CLOSE_CONSOLE_SIGNAL
  ktest: Make the signal to terminate the console configurable

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
index 0a290fb4cd5..172eec4517f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/sample.conf
@@ -328,6 +328,13 @@
 # For a virtual machine with guest name "Guest".
 #CONSOLE =  virsh console Guest
 
+# Signal to send to kill console.
+# ktest.pl will create a child process to monitor the console.
+# When the console is finished, ktest will kill the child process
+# with this signal.
+# (default INT)
+#CLOSE_CONSOLE_SIGNAL = HUP
+
 # Required version ending to differentiate the test
 # from other linux builds on the system.
 #LOCALVERSION = -test
@@ -1021,6 +1028,20 @@
 #   BISECT_BAD with BISECT_CHECK = good or
 #   BISECT_CHECK = bad, respectively.
 #
+# BISECT_TRIES = 5 (optional, default 1)
+#
+#   For those cases that it takes several tries to hit a bug,
+#   the BISECT_TRIES is useful. It is the number of times the
+#   test is ran before it says the kernel is good. The first failure
+#   will stop trying and mark the current SHA1 as bad.
+#
+#   Note, as with all race bugs, there's no guarantee that if
+#   it succeeds, it is really a good bisect. But it helps in case
+#   the bug is some what reliable.
+#
+#   You can set BISECT_TRIES to zero, and all tests will be considered
+#   good, unless you also set BISECT_MANUAL.
+#
 # BISECT_RET_GOOD = 0 (optional, default undefined)
 #
 #   In case the specificed test returns something other than just