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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