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+Linux Ftrace Testcases
+
+This is a collection of testcases for ftrace tracing feature in the Linux
+kernel. Since ftrace exports interfaces via the debugfs, we just need
+shell scripts for testing. Feel free to add new test cases.
+
+Running the ftrace testcases
+============================
+
+At first, you need to be the root user to run this script.
+To run all testcases:
+
+  $ sudo ./ftracetest
+
+To run specific testcases:
+
+  # ./ftracetest test.d/basic3.tc
+
+Or you can also run testcases under given directory:
+
+  # ./ftracetest test.d/kprobe/
+
+Contributing new testcases
+==========================
+
+Copy test.d/template to your testcase (whose filename must have *.tc
+extension) and rewrite the test description line.
+
+ * The working directory of the script is <debugfs>/tracing/.
+
+ * Take care with side effects as the tests are run with root privilege.
+
+ * The tests should not run for a long period of time (more than 1 min.)
+   These are to be unit tests.
+
+ * You can add a directory for your testcases under test.d/ if needed.
+
+ * The test cases should run on dash (busybox shell) for testing on
+   minimal cross-build environments.
+
+TODO
+====
+
+ * Fancy colored output :)
+