[PATCH v2 14/17] Documentation: kunit: add documentation for KUnit
Randy Dunlap
rdunlap at infradead.org
Thu May 9 05:08:45 UTC 2019
Hi,
On 5/1/19 4:01 PM, 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 at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins at google.com>
> ---
> Documentation/index.rst | 1 +
> Documentation/kunit/api/index.rst | 16 ++
> Documentation/kunit/api/test.rst | 15 +
> Documentation/kunit/faq.rst | 46 +++
> Documentation/kunit/index.rst | 80 ++++++
> Documentation/kunit/start.rst | 180 ++++++++++++
> Documentation/kunit/usage.rst | 447 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 7 files changed, 785 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/kunit/api/index.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/kunit/api/test.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/kunit/faq.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/kunit/index.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/kunit/start.rst
> create mode 100644 Documentation/kunit/usage.rst
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/kunit/api/index.rst b/Documentation/kunit/api/index.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..c31c530088153
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/kunit/api/index.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +=============
> +API Reference
> +=============
> +.. toctree::
> +
> + test
> +
> +This section documents the KUnit kernel testing API. It is divided into 3
> +sections:
> +
> +================================= ==============================================
> +:doc:`test` documents all of the standard testing API
> + excluding mocking or mocking related features.
> +================================= ==============================================
What 3 sections does the above refer to? seems to be missing.
> diff --git a/Documentation/kunit/start.rst b/Documentation/kunit/start.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..5cdba5091905e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/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
> +
> +Creating a kunitconfig
> +======================
> +The Python script is a thin wrapper around Kbuild as such, it needs to be
around Kbuild. As such,
> +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 $PATH_TO_KUNIT_CONFIG_REPO/kunitconfig kunitconfig
> +
> +You may want to add kunitconfig to your local gitignore.
> +
> +Verifying KUnit Works
> +-------------------------
I would expect Sphinx to complain about the underline length not being the
same as the header/title above it.
> +
> +To make sure that everything is set up correctly, simply invoke the Python
> +wrapper from your kernel repo:
> +
> +.. code-block:: bash
> +
> + ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
> +
> +.. note::
> + You may want to run ``make mrproper`` first.
> +
> +If everything worked correctly, you should see the following:
> +
> +.. code-block:: bash
> +
> + Generating .config ...
> + Building KUnit Kernel ...
> + Starting KUnit Kernel ...
> +
> +followed by a list of tests that are run. All of them should be passing.
> +
> +.. note::
> + Because it is building a lot of sources for the first time, the ``Building
> + kunit kernel`` step may take a while.
> +
> +Writing your first test
> +==========================
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> +
> +In your kernel repo let's add some code that we can test. Create a file
> +``drivers/misc/example.h`` with the contents:
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> + int misc_example_add(int left, int right);
> +
> +create a file ``drivers/misc/example.c``:
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> + #include <linux/errno.h>
> +
> + #include "example.h"
> +
> + int misc_example_add(int left, int right)
> + {
> + return left + right;
> + }
> +
> +Now add the following lines to ``drivers/misc/Kconfig``:
> +
> +.. code-block:: kconfig
> +
> + config MISC_EXAMPLE
> + bool "My example"
> +
> +and the following lines to ``drivers/misc/Makefile``:
> +
> +.. code-block:: make
> +
> + obj-$(CONFIG_MISC_EXAMPLE) += example.o
> +
> +Now we are ready to write the test. The test will be in
> +``drivers/misc/example-test.c``:
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> + #include <kunit/test.h>
> + #include "example.h"
> +
> + /* Define the test cases. */
> +
> + static void misc_example_add_test_basic(struct kunit *test)
> + {
> + KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 1, misc_example_add(1, 0));
> + KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 2, misc_example_add(1, 1));
> + KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, misc_example_add(-1, 1));
> + KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, INT_MAX, misc_example_add(0, INT_MAX));
> + KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, -1, misc_example_add(INT_MAX, INT_MIN));
> + }
> +
> + static void misc_example_test_failure(struct kunit *test)
> + {
> + KUNIT_FAIL(test, "This test never passes.");
> + }
> +
> + static struct kunit_case misc_example_test_cases[] = {
> + KUNIT_CASE(misc_example_add_test_basic),
> + KUNIT_CASE(misc_example_test_failure),
> + {},
> + };
> +
> + static struct kunit_module misc_example_test_module = {
> + .name = "misc-example",
> + .test_cases = misc_example_test_cases,
> + };
> + module_test(misc_example_test_module);
> +
> +Now add the following to ``drivers/misc/Kconfig``:
> +
> +.. code-block:: kconfig
> +
> + config MISC_EXAMPLE_TEST
> + bool "Test for my example"
> + depends on MISC_EXAMPLE && KUNIT
> +
> +and the following to ``drivers/misc/Makefile``:
> +
> +.. code-block:: make
> +
> + obj-$(CONFIG_MISC_EXAMPLE_TEST) += example-test.o
> +
> +Now add it to your ``kunitconfig``:
> +
> +.. code-block:: none
> +
> + CONFIG_MISC_EXAMPLE=y
> + CONFIG_MISC_EXAMPLE_TEST=y
> +
> +Now you can run the test:
> +
> +.. code-block:: bash
> +
> + ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
> +
> +You should see the following failure:
> +
> +.. code-block:: none
> +
> + ...
> + [16:08:57] [PASSED] misc-example:misc_example_add_test_basic
> + [16:08:57] [FAILED] misc-example:misc_example_test_failure
> + [16:08:57] EXPECTATION FAILED at drivers/misc/example-test.c:17
> + [16:08:57] This test never passes.
> + ...
> +
> +Congrats! You just wrote your first KUnit test!
> +
> +Next Steps
> +=============
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> +* Check out the :doc:`usage` page for a more
> + in-depth explanation of KUnit.
> diff --git a/Documentation/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/kunit/usage.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..5c83ea9e21bc5
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/kunit/usage.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,447 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +=============
> +Using KUnit
> +=============
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> +
> +The purpose of this document is to describe what KUnit is, how it works, how it
> +is intended to be used, and all the concepts and terminology that are needed to
> +understand it. This guide assumes a working knowledge of the Linux kernel and
> +some basic knowledge of testing.
> +
> +For a high level introduction to KUnit, including setting up KUnit for your
> +project, see :doc:`start`.
> +
> +Organization of this document
> +=================================
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> +
> +This document is organized into two main sections: Testing and Isolating
> +Behavior. The first covers what a unit test is and how to use KUnit to write
> +them. The second covers how to use KUnit to isolate code and make it possible
> +to unit test code that was otherwise un-unit-testable.
> +
> +Testing
> +==========
> +
> +What is KUnit?
> +------------------
> +
> +"K" is short for "kernel" so "KUnit" is the "(Linux) Kernel Unit Testing
> +Framework." KUnit is intended first and foremost for writing unit tests; it is
> +general enough that it can be used to write integration tests; however, this is
> +a secondary goal. KUnit has no ambition of being the only testing framework for
> +the kernel; for example, it does not intend to be an end-to-end testing
> +framework.
> +
> +What is Unit Testing?
> +-------------------------
thanks.
--
~Randy
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