Linux Test Tools
The purpose of this Linux Test Tools Table is to provide the
open-source community with a comprehensive list of tools commonly used
for testing the various components of Linux.
My hope is that the community will embrace and contribute to this list
making it a valuable addition to the Linux Test Project.
Please feel free to send additions, updates or suggestions to
Jeff Martin.
Last update:07/12/06
Cluster
| HINT |
allows
fair comparisons over extreme variations in computer architecture,
absolute performance, storage capacity, and precision. |
It's
listed as a Past Projectwith a link to http://hint.byu.edu but I have
not been able to find where it is being maintained. If you know, please
drop me a note. |
Code Coverage Analysis
| gcov |
Code
analysis tool for profiling code and determining: 1) how often each
line of code executes, 2) what lines of code are actually executed, 3.)
how much computing time each section of codeuses |
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| lcov |
LCOV
is an extension of GCOV, a GNU tool which provides information about
what parts of a program are actually executed (i.e. "covered") while
running a particular test case. The extension provides HTML output and
support for large projects. |
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Database
Debug
| Dynamic
Probes |
Dynamic Probes is a generic and pervasive
debugging facility. |
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| Kernel
Debug (KDB) |
KDB
is an interactive debugger built into the Linux kernel. It allows the
user to examine kernel memory, disassembled code and registers. |
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| Linux
Kernel Crash Dump |
LKCD project is designed to help detect, save and
examine system crashes and crash info. |
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| Linux Trace
Toolkit (LTT) |
The Linux Trace Toolkit is a fully-featured
tracing system for the Linux kernel. |
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Defect Tracking
| Bugzilla |
allows individuals or groups of developers to
keep track of outstanding bugs in their product effectively |
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Desktop/GUI Libraries
| Android |
open source testing tool for GUI programs |
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| ldtp |
GNU/Linux Desktop Testing Project |
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Event Logging
Filesystems
| Bonnie |
Bonnie++ is test suite, which performs several
hard drive/ filesystem tests. |
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| dbench |
Filesystem benchmark that generates good
filesystem load |
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| fs_inode |
Part
of the LTP: This test creates several subdirectories and files off of
two parent directories and removes directories and files as part of the
test. |
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| fs_maim |
Part of the LTP: a set of scripts to test and
stress filesystem and storage management utilities |
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| IOZone |
Filesystem
benchmark tool (read, write, re-read, re-write, read backwards, read
strided, fread, fwrite, random read, pread, aio_read, aio_write) |
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| lftest |
Part
of the LTP:lftest is a tool/test designed to create large files and
lseek from the beginning of the file to the end of the file after each
block write. This test verifies large file support and can be used to
generate large files for other filesystem tests. |
Files up to 2Tb have been created using this
tool. This test is VERY picky about glibc version. |
| LTP |
The Linux Test Project is a collection of tools
for testing the Linux kernel and related features. |
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| PostMark |
Filesystem benchmark that simulates load
generated by enterprise applications such as email, news and web-based
commerce. |
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| stress |
puts the system under a specified amount of
load |
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| mongo |
set of the programs to test linux filesystems for
performance and functionality |
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| fsx |
File system exerciser from Apple. |
The
test is most effective if you let it run for a minute or two, so that
it overlaps the periodic sync that most Unix systems do. |
| xdd |
Storage I/O
Performance Characterization tool that runs on most UNIX-like systems
and Windows. |
Has been around
since 1992 and is in use at various government labs. |
Harnesses
| Cerberus |
The
Cerberus Test Control System(CTCS) is a free (freedom) test suite for
use by developers and others to test hardware. It generates good
filesystem stress in the process. |
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| STAF |
The
Software Testing Automation Framework (STAF) is an open source
framework designed to improvethe level of reuse and automation in test
cases and test environments. |
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I/O & Storage
| tiobench |
Portable, robust, fully-threaded I/O benchmark
program |
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| xdd |
Storage I/O
Performance Characterization tool that runs on most UNIX-like systems
and Windows. |
Has been around
since 1992 and is in use at various government labs. |
Kernel System Calls
| crashme |
a tool for testing the robustness of an operating
environment using a technique of "Random Input" response analysis |
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| LTP |
The Linux Test Project is a collection of tools
for testing the Linux kernel and related features. |
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Network
| Connectathon NFS
Testsuite |
This testsuite tests the NFS Protocol |
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| ISIC |
ISIC is a suite of utilities to exercise the
stability of an IP Stack and its component stacks |
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| LTP |
The Linux Test Project has a collection of tools
for testing the network components of the Linux kernel. |
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| netperf |
Netperf is a benchmark that can be used to
measure the performance of many different types of networking. |
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| NetPIPE |
Variable time bench mark, ie, it measures network
performance using variable sized communiation transfers |
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| TAHI |
Providesinteroperability and conformance tests
for IPv6 |
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| VolanoMark |
A java chatroom benchmark/stress |
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| UNH IPv6
Tests |
there are several IPv6 tests on this site |
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| Iperf |
for measuring TCP and UDP bandwidth
performance |
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Network Security
| Kerberos Test
suite |
These tests are for testing Kerberos clients
(kinit,klist and kdestroy) and Kerberized Applications, ftp and
telnet. |
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Other
| cpuburn |
This program was designed by Robert Redelmeier to
heavily loadCPU chips. |
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Performance
| contest |
test system responsiveness by running kernel
compilation under anumber of different load conditions |
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| glibench/clibench |
benchmarking tool to check your computer CPU and
hard disk performance |
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| lmbench |
Suite of simple, portable benchmarks |
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| AIM
Benchmark |
Performance benchmark |
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| unixbench |
Performance benchmark based on the early BYTE
UNIX Benchmarks |
"retired" since about 1997, but still used by
some testers |
Scalability
| dbench |
Used for dcache scalability testing |
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| Chat |
Used for
file_struct scalability testing |
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| httperf |
Used for dcache
scalability testing |
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Scheduler
| LTP |
The Linux Test Project is a collection of tools
for testing the Linux kernel and related features. |
sched_stress and process_stress |
| VolanoMark |
A java chatroom benchmark/stress |
VolanoMark has been used to stress the
scheduler. |
SCSI Hardening
| Bonnie |
Bonnie is test suite, which performs several hard
drive and filesystem tests. |
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| LTP |
The Linux Test Project is a collection of
toolsfor testing the Linux kernel and related features. |
disktest |
| dt |
dt
(Data Test) is a generic data test program used to verify proper
operation of peripherals, file systems, device drivers, or any data
stream supported by the operating system |
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Security
| Nessus |
remote security scanner |
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Standards
| LSB |
Test suites used for LSB compliance testing |
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Stream Controlled Transmission Protocol
| LTP |
The Linux Test Project is a collection of tools
for testing the Linux kernel and related features. |
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System Management
| sblim |
The "SBLIM Reference Implementation (SRI)" is a
component of the SBLIM
project. Its purposes are (among others):
(1) easily set up, run and test systems management scenarios based on
CIM/CIMOM technology
(2) test CIM Providers (on local and/or remote Linux machines) |
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Threads
| LTP |
The Linux Test Project is a collection of tools
for testing the Linux kernel and related features. |
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| VSTHlite |
Tests for compliance with IEEE POSIX 1003.1c
extensions (pthreads). |
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USB
Version Control
| cvs |
the dominant open-source network-transparent
version control system |
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| BitKeeper |
BK/Pro
is a scalable configuration management system, supporting globally
distributed development, disconnected operation, compressed
repositories, change sets, and repositories as branches. |
Read the licensing
info |
| Subversion |
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VMM
| vmregress |
regrssion, testing and benchmark tool |
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| LTP |
The Linux Test Project is a collection of tools
for testing the Linux kernel and related features. |
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| memtest86 |
A thorough real-mode memory tester |
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| stress |
puts the system under a specified amount of
load |
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| memtest86+ |
fork / enhanced version of the memtest86 |
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| memtester |
Utility to test for faulty memory subsystem |
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Web Server
| Hammerhead |
Hammerhead is a web server stress tool that can
simulate multiple connections and users. |
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| httperf |
httperf is a popular web server benchmark tool
for measuring web server performance |
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| siege |
Siege is an http regression testing and
benchmarking utility. |
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| PagePoker |
for loadtesting and benchmarking web servers |
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