Hi David, On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 06:09:28PM +0800, davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > KUnit tests often need to provide a struct device, and thus far have > mostly been using root_device_register() or platform devices to create > a 'fake device' for use with, e.g., code which uses device-managed > resources. This has several disadvantages, including not being designed > for test use, scattering files in sysfs, and requiring manual teardown > on test exit, which may not always be possible in case of failure. > > Instead, introduce a set of helper functions which allow devices > (internally a struct kunit_device) to be created and managed by KUnit -- > i.e., they will be automatically unregistered on test exit. These > helpers can either use a user-provided struct device_driver, or have one > automatically created and managed by KUnit. In both cases, the device > lives on a new kunit_bus. > > This is a follow-up to a previous proposal here: > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kselftest/20230325043104.3761770-1-davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx/ > > (The kunit_defer() function in the first patch there has since been > merged as the 'deferred actions' feature.) > > My intention is to take this whole series in via the kselftest/kunit > branch, but I'm equally okay with splitting up the later patches which > use this to go via the various subsystem trees in case there are merge > conflicts. Could you take (and apply eventually) that patch as part of your series? https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kselftest/20231205090405.153140-1-mripard@xxxxxxxxxx/ Thanks Maxime
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