docs/kselftest: clarify running mainline tests on stables

Update the document to clarifiy support for running mainline kselftest on stable releases and the reasons for not removing test code that can test older kernels. Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <[email protected]>
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@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ directory. These are intended to be small tests to exercise individual code
 paths in the kernel. Tests are intended to be run after building, installing
 and booting a kernel.
 
+Kselftest from mainline can be run on older stable kernels. Running tests
+from mainline offers the best coverage. Several test rings run mainline
+kselftest suite on stable releases. The reason is that when a new test
+gets added to test existing code to regression test a bug, we should be
+able to run that test on an older kernel. Hence, it is important to keep
+code that can still test an older kernel and make sure it skips the test
+gracefully on newer releases.
+
 You can find additional information on Kselftest framework, how to
 write new tests using the framework on Kselftest wiki: