[LTP] [PATCH v2] controllers: Remove obsolete testplan.txt

Petr Vorel pvorel@suse.cz
Fri Nov 14 11:19:08 CET 2025


Hi Sebastian,

> The testplan.txt file contains outdated information and is unlikely to be
> maintained going forward. The tests are already self-contained and clearly
> organized by controller type.

> Removing this file avoids confusion and reduces maintenance overhead.

> -testplan.txt
> -------------
> -A brief description of the plan for resource management testing.
> -
>  test_controllers.sh
>  -------------------
>  This is the main script file that starts the test. It first checks if the
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/controllers/testplan.txt b/testcases/kernel/controllers/testplan.txt
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 7fbca2a05..000000000
> --- a/testcases/kernel/controllers/testplan.txt
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
> -THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (CONTROLLERS) TEST PLAN
> -
> -This directory "controllers" is created to include all test cases related to
> -the resource controllers in linux. The testplan at present includes testing
> -of cpu controller, memory controller and cpuset controller.
> -There are test cases to test cpu, memory and cpuset controller. In future new
> -testcases will be included to test these controllers further.
> -Each new controller will have it's own directory to contain all its test
> -cases.
> -A brief description of all the testcases is given in the corresponding
> -controllers directory.
> -
> -For more information on resource controllers please refer to
> -cgroups/cgroups.txt, cgroups/memory.txt and cgroups/cpusets.txt in kernel
> -source code documentation.

+1. This file is indeed useless.

Reviewed-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>

Proof how it is outdated is that it does not reflect the doc move in kernel:

0d942766453f ("cgroup: rename Documentation/cgroups/ to Documentation/cgroup-legacy/") # v4.5-rc1
da82c92f1150 ("docs: cgroup-v1: add it to the admin-guide book") # v5.3-rc1

Kind regards,
Petr


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