Re: [PATCH v18 15/19] Documentation: kunit: add documentation for KUnit

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On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 8:48 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 9/23/19 2:02 AM, Brendan Higgins wrote:
> > Add documentation for KUnit, the Linux kernel unit testing framework.
> > - Add intro and usage guide for KUnit
> > - Add API reference
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Felix Guo <felixguoxiuping@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst           |   1 +
> >  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/index.rst |  16 +
> >  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/test.rst  |  11 +
> >  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/faq.rst       |  62 +++
> >  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst     |  79 +++
> >  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst     | 180 ++++++
> >  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst     | 576 ++++++++++++++++++++
> >  7 files changed, 925 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/index.rst
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/test.rst
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/faq.rst
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
>
>
> > diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..6dc229e46bb3
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
> > @@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
> > +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +
> > +===============
> > +Getting Started
> > +===============
> > +
> > +Installing dependencies
> > +=======================
> > +KUnit has the same dependencies as the Linux kernel. As long as you can build
> > +the kernel, you can run KUnit.
> > +
> > +KUnit Wrapper
> > +=============
> > +Included with KUnit is a simple Python wrapper that helps format the output to
> > +easily use and read KUnit output. It handles building and running the kernel, as
> > +well as formatting the output.
> > +
> > +The wrapper can be run with:
> > +
> > +.. code-block:: bash
> > +
> > +   ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run
> > +
> > +Creating a kunitconfig
> > +======================
> > +The Python script is a thin wrapper around Kbuild as such, it needs to be
>
>                                        around Kbuild. As such,

Thanks for pointing this out.

>
> > +configured with a ``kunitconfig`` file. This file essentially contains the
> > +regular Kernel config, with the specific test targets as well.
> > +
> > +.. code-block:: bash
> > +
> > +     git clone -b master https://kunit.googlesource.com/kunitconfig $PATH_TO_KUNITCONFIG_REPO
> > +     cd $PATH_TO_LINUX_REPO
> > +     ln -s $PATH_TO_KUNIT_CONFIG_REPO/kunitconfig kunitconfig
> > +
> > +You may want to add kunitconfig to your local gitignore.
> > +
> > +Verifying KUnit Works
> > +---------------------
> > +
> > +To make sure that everything is set up correctly, simply invoke the Python
> > +wrapper from your kernel repo:
> > +
> > +.. code-block:: bash
> > +
> > +     ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
> > +
> > +.. note::
> > +   You may want to run ``make mrproper`` first.
>
> I normally use O=builddir when building kernels.
> Does this support using O=builddir ?

Yep, it supports specifying a separate build directory.

> > +
> > +If everything worked correctly, you should see the following:
> > +
> > +.. code-block:: bash
> > +
> > +     Generating .config ...
> > +     Building KUnit Kernel ...
> > +     Starting KUnit Kernel ...
> > +
> > +followed by a list of tests that are run. All of them should be passing.
> > +
> > +.. note::
> > +   Because it is building a lot of sources for the first time, the ``Building
> > +   kunit kernel`` step may take a while.
> > +
> > +Writing your first test
> > +=======================
>
> [snip]
>
> > diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..c6e69634e274
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
>
> TBD...

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Cheers



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