[PATCH v14 09/18] kunit: test: add support for test abort
Brendan Higgins
brendanhiggins at google.com
Fri Aug 23 17:29:41 UTC 2019
On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 10:07 AM shuah <shuah at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On 8/23/19 10:56 AM, Brendan Higgins wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 8:36 AM shuah <shuah at kernel.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Brendan,
> >>
> >> On 8/20/19 5:20 PM, Brendan Higgins wrote:
> >>> Add support for aborting/bailing out of test cases, which is needed for
> >>> implementing assertions.
> >>>
> >>> An assertion is like an expectation, but bails out of the test case
> >>> early if the assertion is not met. The idea with assertions is that you
> >>> use them to state all the preconditions for your test. Logically
> >>> speaking, these are the premises of the test case, so if a premise isn't
> >>> true, there is no point in continuing the test case because there are no
> >>> conclusions that can be drawn without the premises. Whereas, the
> >>> expectation is the thing you are trying to prove.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins at google.com>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh at linuxfoundation.org>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang at deltatee.com>
> >>> Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd at kernel.org>
> >>> ---
> >>> include/kunit/test.h | 2 +
> >>> include/kunit/try-catch.h | 75 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >>> kunit/Makefile | 3 +-
> >>> kunit/test.c | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> >>> kunit/try-catch.c | 118 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>> 5 files changed, 319 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> >>> create mode 100644 include/kunit/try-catch.h
> >>> create mode 100644 kunit/try-catch.c
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/include/kunit/test.h b/include/kunit/test.h
> >>> index 6917b186b737a..390ce02f717b6 100644
> >>> --- a/include/kunit/test.h
> >>> +++ b/include/kunit/test.h
> >>> @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
> >>> #define _KUNIT_TEST_H
> >>>
> >>> #include <kunit/assert.h>
> >>> +#include <kunit/try-catch.h>
> >>> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> >>> #include <linux/slab.h>
> >>> #include <linux/types.h>
> >>> @@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ struct kunit {
> >>>
> >>> /* private: internal use only. */
> >>> const char *name; /* Read only after initialization! */
> >>> + struct kunit_try_catch try_catch;
> >>> /*
> >>> * success starts as true, and may only be set to false during a test
> >>> * case; thus, it is safe to update this across multiple threads using
> >>> diff --git a/include/kunit/try-catch.h b/include/kunit/try-catch.h
> >>> new file mode 100644
> >>> index 0000000000000..404f336cbdc85
> >>> --- /dev/null
> >>> +++ b/include/kunit/try-catch.h
> >>> @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
> >>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> >>> +/*
> >>> + * An API to allow a function, that may fail, to be executed, and recover in a
> >>> + * controlled manner.
> >>> + *
> >>> + * Copyright (C) 2019, Google LLC.
> >>> + * Author: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins at google.com>
> >>> + */
> >>> +
> >>> +#ifndef _KUNIT_TRY_CATCH_H
> >>> +#define _KUNIT_TRY_CATCH_H
> >>> +
> >>> +#include <linux/types.h>
> >>> +
> >>> +typedef void (*kunit_try_catch_func_t)(void *);
> >>> +
> >>> +struct completion;
> >>> +struct kunit;
> >>> +
> >>> +/**
> >>> + * struct kunit_try_catch - provides a generic way to run code which might fail.
> >>> + * @test: The test case that is currently being executed.
> >>> + * @try_completion: Completion that the control thread waits on while test runs.
> >>> + * @try_result: Contains any errno obtained while running test case.
> >>> + * @try: The function, the test case, to attempt to run.
> >>> + * @catch: The function called if @try bails out.
> >>> + * @context: used to pass user data to the try and catch functions.
> >>> + *
> >>> + * kunit_try_catch provides a generic, architecture independent way to execute
> >>> + * an arbitrary function of type kunit_try_catch_func_t which may bail out by
> >>> + * calling kunit_try_catch_throw(). If kunit_try_catch_throw() is called, @try
> >>> + * is stopped at the site of invocation and @catch is called.
> >>> + *
> >>> + * struct kunit_try_catch provides a generic interface for the functionality
> >>> + * needed to implement kunit->abort() which in turn is needed for implementing
> >>> + * assertions. Assertions allow stating a precondition for a test simplifying
> >>> + * how test cases are written and presented.
> >>> + *
> >>> + * Assertions are like expectations, except they abort (call
> >>> + * kunit_try_catch_throw()) when the specified condition is not met. This is
> >>> + * useful when you look at a test case as a logical statement about some piece
> >>> + * of code, where assertions are the premises for the test case, and the
> >>> + * conclusion is a set of predicates, rather expectations, that must all be
> >>> + * true. If your premises are violated, it does not makes sense to continue.
> >>> + */
> >>> +struct kunit_try_catch {
> >>> + /* private: internal use only. */
> >>> + struct kunit *test;
> >>> + struct completion *try_completion;
> >>> + int try_result;
> >>> + kunit_try_catch_func_t try;
> >>> + kunit_try_catch_func_t catch;
> >>> + void *context;
> >>> +};
> >>> +
> >>> +void kunit_try_catch_init(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch,
> >>> + struct kunit *test,
> >>> + kunit_try_catch_func_t try,
> >>> + kunit_try_catch_func_t catch);
> >>> +
> >>> +void kunit_try_catch_run(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch, void *context);
> >>> +
> >>> +void __noreturn kunit_try_catch_throw(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch);
> >>> +
> >>> +static inline int kunit_try_catch_get_result(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch)
> >>> +{
> >>> + return try_catch->try_result;
> >>> +}
> >>> +
> >>> +/*
> >>> + * Exposed for testing only.
> >>> + */
> >>> +void kunit_generic_try_catch_init(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch);
> >>> +
> >>> +#endif /* _KUNIT_TRY_CATCH_H */
> >>> diff --git a/kunit/Makefile b/kunit/Makefile
> >>> index 4e46450bcb3a8..c9176c9c578c6 100644
> >>> --- a/kunit/Makefile
> >>> +++ b/kunit/Makefile
> >>> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
> >>> obj-$(CONFIG_KUNIT) += test.o \
> >>> string-stream.o \
> >>> - assert.o
> >>> + assert.o \
> >>> + try-catch.o
> >>>
> >>> obj-$(CONFIG_KUNIT_TEST) += string-stream-test.o
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/kunit/test.c b/kunit/test.c
> >>> index 3cbceb34b3b36..ded9895143209 100644
> >>> --- a/kunit/test.c
> >>> +++ b/kunit/test.c
> >>> @@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
> >>> */
> >>>
> >>> #include <kunit/test.h>
> >>> +#include <kunit/try-catch.h>
> >>> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> >>> +#include <linux/sched/debug.h>
> >>>
> >>> static void kunit_set_failure(struct kunit *test)
> >>> {
> >>> @@ -162,6 +164,19 @@ static void kunit_fail(struct kunit *test, struct kunit_assert *assert)
> >>> WARN_ON(string_stream_destroy(stream));
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> +static void __noreturn kunit_abort(struct kunit *test)
> >>> +{
> >>> + kunit_try_catch_throw(&test->try_catch); /* Does not return. */
> >>> +
> >>> + /*
> >>> + * Throw could not abort from test.
> >>> + *
> >>> + * XXX: we should never reach this line! As kunit_try_catch_throw is
> >>> + * marked __noreturn.
> >>> + */
> >>> + BUG();
> >>
> >>
> >> I recall discussion on this. What's the point in keeping thie
> >> BUG() around when it doesn't even reach? It can even be a
> >> WARN_ON() in that case right?
> >
> > Originally I had BUG() here, and Frank (I think it was Frank, sorry it
> > was a while ago) told me it should be WARN_ON(). In v12 Stephen told
> > me it should be BUG(), and nobody objected so I went back to making it
> > a BUG() (note I also mentioned this change on the cover letter of v13
> > and still no one objected).
> >
>
> Yeah. Sorry for the confusing advice. WARN_ON() or nothing is the right
> thing here. I have been cleaning BUG() and WARN_ON() that aren't needed.
>
> I would just delete BUG all together.
Alright, that's fine. I will send out a new patch set that removes
this once we get the discussion on 01/18 resolved.
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