Describe the components of KUnit and how the kernel mode parts interact with kunit_tool.
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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/architecture.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/architecture.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..aa2cea821e25 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/architecture.rst @@ -0,0 +1,204 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +================== +KUnit Architecture +================== + +The KUnit architecture can be divided into two parts: + +- Kernel testing library +- kunit_tool (Command line test harness) + +In-Kernel Testing Framework +=========================== + +The kernel testing library supports KUnit tests written in C using +KUnit. KUnit tests are kernel code. KUnit does several things: + +- Organizes tests +- Reports test results +- Provides test utilities + +Test Cases +---------- + +The fundamental unit in KUnit is the test case. The KUnit test cases are +grouped into KUnit suites. A KUnit test case is a function with type +signature ``void (*)(struct kunit *test)``. +These test case functions are wrapped in a struct called +``struct kunit_case``. For code, see: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/kunit/test.h + :identifiers: kunit_case + +.. note: + ``generate_params`` is optional for non-parameterized tests. + +Each KUnit test case gets a ``struct kunit`` context +object passed to it that tracks a running test. The KUnit assertion +macros and other KUnit utilities use the ``struct kunit`` context +object. As an exception, there are two fields: + +- ``->priv``: The setup functions can use it to store arbitrary test + user data. + +- ``->param_value``: It contains the parameter value which can be + retrieved in the parameterized tests. + +Test Suites +----------- + +A KUnit suite includes a collection of test cases. The KUnit suites +are represented by the ``struct kunit_suite``. For example: + +.. code-block:: c + + static struct kunit_case example_test_cases[] = { + KUNIT_CASE(example_test_foo), + KUNIT_CASE(example_test_bar), + KUNIT_CASE(example_test_baz), + {} + }; + + static struct kunit_suite example_test_suite = { + .name = "example", + .init = example_test_init, + .exit = example_test_exit, + .test_cases = example_test_cases, + }; + kunit_test_suite(example_test_suite); + +In the above example, the test suite ``example_test_suite``, runs the +test cases ``example_test_foo``, ``example_test_bar``, and +``example_test_baz``. Before running the test, the ``example_test_init`` +is called and after running the test, ``example_test_exit`` is called. +The ``kunit_test_suite(example_test_suite)`` registers the test suite +with the KUnit test framework. + +Executor +-------- + +The KUnit executor can list and run built-in KUnit tests on boot. +The Test suites are stored in a linker section +called ``.kunit_test_suites``. For code, see: +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/incl.... +The linker section consists of an array of pointers to +``struct kunit_suite``, and is populated by the ``kunit_test_suites()`` +macro. To run all tests compiled into the kernel, the KUnit executor +iterates over the linker section array. + +.. kernel-figure:: kunit_suitememorydiagram.svg + :alt: KUnit Suite Memory + + KUnit Suite Memory Diagram + +On the kernel boot, the KUnit executor uses the start and end addresses +of this section to iterate over and run all tests. For code, see: +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/lib/... + +When built as a module, the ``kunit_test_suites()`` macro defines a +``module_init()`` function, which runs all the tests in the compilation +unit instead of utilizing the executor. + +In KUnit tests, some error classes do not affect other tests +or parts of the kernel, each KUnit case executes in a separate thread +context. For code, see: +https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/lib/... + +Assertion Macros +---------------- + +KUnit tests verify state using expectations/assertions. +All expectations/assertions are formatted as: +``KUNIT_{EXPECT|ASSERT}_<op>[_MSG](kunit, property[, message])`` + +- ``{EXPECT|ASSERT}`` determines whether the check is an assertion or an + expectation. + + - For an expectation, if the check fails, marks the test as failed + and logs the failure. + + - An assertion, on failure, causes the test case to terminate + immediately. + + - Assertions call function: + ``void __noreturn kunit_abort(struct kunit *)``. + + - ``kunit_abort`` calls function: + ``void __noreturn kunit_try_catch_throw(struct kunit_try_catch *try_catch)``. + + - ``kunit_try_catch_throw`` calls function: + ``void complete_and_exit(struct completion *, long) __noreturn;`` + and terminates the special thread context. + +- ``<op>`` denotes a check with options: ``TRUE`` (supplied property + has the boolean value “true”), ``EQ`` (two supplied properties are + equal), ``NOT_ERR_OR_NULL`` (supplied pointer is not null and does not + contain an “err” value). + +- ``[_MSG]`` prints a custom message on failure. + +Test Result Reporting +--------------------- +KUnit prints test results in KTAP format. KTAP is based on TAP14, see: +https://github.com/isaacs/testanything.github.io/blob/tap14/tap-version-14-s.... +KTAP (yet to be standardized format) works with KUnit and Kselftest. +The KUnit executor prints KTAP results to dmesg, and debugfs +(if configured). + +Parameterized Tests +------------------- + +Each KUnit parameterized test is associated with a collection of +parameters. The test is invoked multiple times, once for each parameter +value and the parameter is stored in the ``param_value`` field. +The test case includes a ``KUNIT_CASE_PARAM()`` macro that accepts a +generator function. +The generator function is passed the previous parameter and returns the next +parameter. It also provides a macro to generate common-case generators based on +arrays. + +For code, see: + +.. kernel-doc:: include/kunit/test.h + :identifiers: KUNIT_ARRAY_PARAM + + +kunit_tool (Command Line Test Harness) +====================================== + +kunit_tool is a Python script ``(tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py)`` +that can be used to configure, build, exec, parse and run (runs other +commands in order) test results. You can either run KUnit tests using +kunit_tool or can include KUnit in kernel and parse manually. + +- ``configure`` command generates the kernel ``.config`` from a + ``.kunitconfig`` file (and any architecture-specific options). + For some architectures, additional config options are specified in the + ``qemu_config`` Python script + (For example: ``tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/powerpc.py``). + It parses both the existing ``.config`` and the ``.kunitconfig`` files + and ensures that ``.config`` is a superset of ``.kunitconfig``. + If this is not the case, it will combine the two and run + ``make olddefconfig`` to regenerate the ``.config`` file. It then + verifies that ``.config`` is now a superset. This checks if all + Kconfig dependencies are correctly specified in ``.kunitconfig``. + ``kunit_config.py`` includes the parsing Kconfigs code. The code which + runs ``make olddefconfig`` is a part of ``kunit_kernel.py``. You can + invoke this command via: ``./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py config`` and + generate a ``.config`` file. +- ``build`` runs ``make`` on the kernel tree with required options + (depends on the architecture and some options, for example: build_dir) + and reports any errors. + To build a KUnit kernel from the current ``.config``, you can use the + ``build`` argument: ``./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py build``. +- ``exec`` command executes kernel results either directly (using + User-mode Linux configuration), or via an emulator such + as QEMU. It reads results from the log via standard + output (stdout), and passes them to ``parse`` to be parsed. + If you already have built a kernel with built-in KUnit tests, + you can run the kernel and display the test results with the ``exec`` + argument: ``./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py exec``. +- ``parse`` extracts the KTAP output from a kernel log, parses + the test results, and prints a summary. For failed tests, any + diagnostic output will be included. diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst index 55d2444b0745..50d3ef9359dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ KUnit - Linux Kernel Unit Testing :caption: Contents:
start + architecture usage kunit-tool api/index @@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ How do I use it? ================
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You just wrote your first KUnit test. Next Steps ==========
+* Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/architecture.rst - KUnit architecture. * Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst - KUnit features. * Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/tips.rst - best practices with examples.