Add an entry on the complete set of kunit tests to the Documentation/process/tests.rst, so that it could be referenced in MAINTAINERS, and is catalogued in general. Signed-off-by: Nikolai Kondrashov <Nikolai.Kondrashov@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/process/tests.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/process/tests.rst b/Documentation/process/tests.rst index cfaf937dc4d5f..0760229fc32b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/tests.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/tests.rst @@ -71,3 +71,26 @@ kvm-xfstests smoke The "kvm-xfstests smoke" is a minimal subset of xfstests for testing all major file systems, running under KVM. + +kunit +----- + +:Summary: complete set of KUnit unit tests +:Command: tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --alltests +:Docs: https://docs.kernel.org/dev-tools/kunit/ + +KUnit tests are part of the kernel, written in the C (programming) language, +and test parts of the Kernel implementation (example: a C language function). +Excluding build time, from invocation to completion, KUnit can run around 100 +tests in less than 10 seconds. KUnit can test any kernel component, for +example: file system, system calls, memory management, device drivers and so +on. + +KUnit follows the white-box testing approach. The test has access to internal +system functionality. KUnit runs in kernel space and is not restricted to +things exposed to user-space. + +In addition, KUnit has kunit_tool, a script (tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py) +that configures the Linux kernel, runs KUnit tests under QEMU or UML (User +Mode Linux), parses the test results and displays them in a user friendly +manner. -- 2.42.0
