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LTP FAQ
What is LTP ?
Linux aready has a successful testing model. How will this project benefit Linux furthur?
What is in the LTP, so far.
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What is LTP ?
LTP is the Linux Test Project. LTP is a project that aims to develop
a set of tools and tests to verify the functionality and
stability of the Linux kernel (including regression tests). We hope this will
support Linux development by making unit testing more complete and minimizing user impact
by building a barrier to keep bugs from making it to the user.
Linux aready has a successful testing model. How will this project benefit Linux furthur?
The Linux development community utilizes two important (some would argue most important)
testing techniques in it's normal operations: Design and Code Inspections. The intent of LTP is
to support this by giving developers an ever growing set of tools to help identify any
operational problems in their code that may be missed by human review.
One of the toughest categories of problems to catch with inspection is that of interaction
of features. With a continuously improving set of tests and tools, developers can get
an indication of whether their changes may have broken some other functionality.
There is no such thing as a perfect test base. It's only useful if it keeps up with new and
changing functionality, and if it actually gets used.
What is in the LTP, so far.
The first release from the LTP contains a set of tools for testing file systems. Watch the news link for updates on the content of the LTP releases.