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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-01-09 17:16:58 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2024-01-09 17:16:58 -0800
commit41daf06ea14fdccb34224fbcc5c4f2a6d17814e2 (patch)
tree18d1d18ec560b6b9988ff0bb68854d0b36e4e685 /Documentation
parent5d09f61e505a614250df24a0f7e646802e40fc87 (diff)
parent539e582a375dedee95a4fa9ca3f37cdb25c441ec (diff)
Merge tag 'linux_kselftest-kunit-6.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest
Pull KUnit updates from Shuah Khan: - a new feature that adds APIs for managing devices introducing a set of helper functions which allow devices (internally a struct kunit_device) to be created and managed by KUnit. These devices 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. - changes to switch drm/tests to use kunit devices - several fixes and enhancements to attribute feature - changes to reorganize deferred action function introducing KUNIT_DEFINE_ACTION_WRAPPER - new feature adds ability to run tests after boot using debugfs - fixes and enhancements to string-stream-test: - parse ERR_PTR in string_stream_destroy() - unchecked dereference in bug fix in debugfs_print_results() - handling errors from alloc_string_stream() - NULL-dereference bug fix in kunit_init_suite() * tag 'linux_kselftest-kunit-6.8-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest: (27 commits) kunit: Fix some comments which were mistakenly kerneldoc kunit: Protect string comparisons against NULL kunit: Add example of kunit_activate_static_stub() with pointer-to-function kunit: Allow passing function pointer to kunit_activate_static_stub() kunit: Fix NULL-dereference in kunit_init_suite() if suite->log is NULL kunit: Reset test->priv after each param iteration kunit: Add example for using test->priv drm/tests: Switch to kunit devices ASoC: topology: Replace fake root_device with kunit_device in tests overflow: Replace fake root_device with kunit_device fortify: test: Use kunit_device kunit: Add APIs for managing devices Documentation: Add debugfs docs with run after boot kunit: add ability to run tests after boot using debugfs kunit: add is_init test attribute kunit: add example suite to test init suites kunit: add KUNIT_INIT_TABLE to init linker section kunit: move KUNIT_TABLE out of INIT_DATA kunit: tool: add test for parsing attributes kunit: tool: fix parsing of test attributes ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/resource.rst9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst51
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/running_tips.rst7
-rw-r--r--Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst60
4 files changed, 120 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/resource.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/resource.rst
index 0a94f831259e..ec6002a6b0db 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/resource.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/resource.rst
@@ -11,3 +11,12 @@ state on a per-test basis, register custom cleanup actions, and more.
.. kernel-doc:: include/kunit/resource.h
:internal:
+
+Managed Devices
+---------------
+
+Functions for using KUnit-managed struct device and struct device_driver.
+Include ``kunit/device.h`` to use these.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/kunit/device.h
+ :internal:
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst
index e7b46421f247..699d92885075 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst
@@ -49,9 +49,52 @@ loaded.
The results will appear in TAP format in ``dmesg``.
+debugfs
+=======
+
+KUnit can be accessed from userspace via the debugfs filesystem (See more
+information about debugfs at Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst).
+
+If ``CONFIG_KUNIT_DEBUGFS`` is enabled, the KUnit debugfs filesystem is
+mounted at /sys/kernel/debug/kunit. You can use this filesystem to perform
+the following actions.
+
+Retrieve Test Results
+=====================
+
+You can use debugfs to retrieve KUnit test results. The test results are
+accessible from the debugfs filesystem in the following read-only file:
+
+.. code-block :: bash
+
+ /sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test_suite>/results
+
+The test results are printed in a KTAP document. Note this document is separate
+to the kernel log and thus, may have different test suite numbering.
+
+Run Tests After Kernel Has Booted
+=================================
+
+You can use the debugfs filesystem to trigger built-in tests to run after
+boot. To run the test suite, you can use the following command to write to
+the ``/sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test_suite>/run`` file:
+
+.. code-block :: bash
+
+ echo "any string" > /sys/kernel/debugfs/kunit/<test_suite>/run
+
+As a result, the test suite runs and the results are printed to the kernel
+log.
+
+However, this feature is not available with KUnit suites that use init data,
+because init data may have been discarded after the kernel boots. KUnit
+suites that use init data should be defined using the
+kunit_test_init_section_suites() macro.
+
+Also, you cannot use this feature to run tests concurrently. Instead a test
+will wait to run until other tests have completed or failed.
+
.. note ::
- If ``CONFIG_KUNIT_DEBUGFS`` is enabled, KUnit test results will
- be accessible from the ``debugfs`` filesystem (if mounted).
- They will be in ``/sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test_suite>/results``, in
- TAP format.
+ For test authors, to use this feature, tests will need to correctly initialise
+ and/or clean up any data, so the test runs correctly a second time.
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/running_tips.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/running_tips.rst
index 766f9cdea0fa..024e9ad1d1e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/running_tips.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/running_tips.rst
@@ -428,3 +428,10 @@ This attribute indicates the name of the module associated with the test.
This attribute is automatically saved as a string and is printed for each suite.
Tests can also be filtered using this attribute.
+
+``is_init``
+
+This attribute indicates whether the test uses init data or functions.
+
+This attribute is automatically saved as a boolean and tests can also be
+filtered using this attribute.
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
index c27e1646ecd9..53c6f7dc8a42 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
@@ -651,12 +651,16 @@ For example:
}
Note that, for functions like device_unregister which only accept a single
-pointer-sized argument, it's possible to directly cast that function to
-a ``kunit_action_t`` rather than writing a wrapper function, for example:
+pointer-sized argument, it's possible to automatically generate a wrapper
+with the ``KUNIT_DEFINE_ACTION_WRAPPER()`` macro, for example:
.. code-block:: C
- kunit_add_action(test, (kunit_action_t *)&device_unregister, &dev);
+ KUNIT_DEFINE_ACTION_WRAPPER(device_unregister, device_unregister_wrapper, struct device *);
+ kunit_add_action(test, &device_unregister_wrapper, &dev);
+
+You should do this in preference to manually casting to the ``kunit_action_t`` type,
+as casting function pointers will break Control Flow Integrity (CFI).
``kunit_add_action`` can fail if, for example, the system is out of memory.
You can use ``kunit_add_action_or_reset`` instead which runs the action
@@ -793,3 +797,53 @@ structures as shown below:
KUnit is not enabled, or if no test is running in the current task, it will do
nothing. This compiles down to either a no-op or a static key check, so will
have a negligible performance impact when no test is running.
+
+Managing Fake Devices and Drivers
+---------------------------------
+
+When testing drivers or code which interacts with drivers, many functions will
+require a ``struct device`` or ``struct device_driver``. In many cases, setting
+up a real device is not required to test any given function, so a fake device
+can be used instead.
+
+KUnit provides helper functions to create and manage these fake devices, which
+are internally of type ``struct kunit_device``, and are attached to a special
+``kunit_bus``. These devices support managed device resources (devres), as
+described in Documentation/driver-api/driver-model/devres.rst
+
+To create a KUnit-managed ``struct device_driver``, use ``kunit_driver_create()``,
+which will create a driver with the given name, on the ``kunit_bus``. This driver
+will automatically be destroyed when the corresponding test finishes, but can also
+be manually destroyed with ``driver_unregister()``.
+
+To create a fake device, use the ``kunit_device_register()``, which will create
+and register a device, using a new KUnit-managed driver created with ``kunit_driver_create()``.
+To provide a specific, non-KUnit-managed driver, use ``kunit_device_register_with_driver()``
+instead. Like with managed drivers, KUnit-managed fake devices are automatically
+cleaned up when the test finishes, but can be manually cleaned up early with
+``kunit_device_unregister()``.
+
+The KUnit devices should be used in preference to ``root_device_register()``, and
+instead of ``platform_device_register()`` in cases where the device is not otherwise
+a platform device.
+
+For example:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ #include <kunit/device.h>
+
+ static void test_my_device(struct kunit *test)
+ {
+ struct device *fake_device;
+ const char *dev_managed_string;
+
+ // Create a fake device.
+ fake_device = kunit_device_register(test, "my_device");
+ KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, fake_device)
+
+ // Pass it to functions which need a device.
+ dev_managed_string = devm_kstrdup(fake_device, "Hello, World!");
+
+ // Everything is cleaned up automatically when the test ends.
+ } \ No newline at end of file