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Consolidate documentation running tests into two pages: "run tests with kunit_tool" and "run tests without kunit_tool". Signed-off-by: Harinder Singh <sharinder@google.com> Reviewed-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@sony.com> Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211217044911.798817-5-sharinder@google.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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Run Tests without kunit_tool
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============================
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If we do not want to use kunit_tool (For example: we want to integrate
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with other systems, or run tests on real hardware), we can
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include KUnit in any kernel, read out results, and parse manually.
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.. note:: KUnit is not designed for use in a production system. It is
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possible that tests may reduce the stability or security of
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the system.
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Configure the Kernel
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====================
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KUnit tests can run without kunit_tool. This can be useful, if:
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- We have an existing kernel configuration to test.
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- Need to run on real hardware (or using an emulator/VM kunit_tool
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does not support).
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- Wish to integrate with some existing testing systems.
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KUnit is configured with the ``CONFIG_KUNIT`` option, and individual
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tests can also be built by enabling their config options in our
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``.config``. KUnit tests usually (but don't always) have config options
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ending in ``_KUNIT_TEST``. Most tests can either be built as a module,
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or be built into the kernel.
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.. note ::
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We can enable the ``KUNIT_ALL_TESTS`` config option to
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automatically enable all tests with satisfied dependencies. This is
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a good way of quickly testing everything applicable to the current
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config.
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Once we have built our kernel (and/or modules), it is simple to run
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the tests. If the tests are built-in, they will run automatically on the
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kernel boot. The results will be written to the kernel log (``dmesg``)
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in TAP format.
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If the tests are built as modules, they will run when the module is
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loaded.
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.. code-block :: bash
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# modprobe example-test
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The results will appear in TAP format in ``dmesg``.
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.. note ::
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If ``CONFIG_KUNIT_DEBUGFS`` is enabled, KUnit test results will
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be accessible from the ``debugfs`` filesystem (if mounted).
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They will be in ``/sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test_suite>/results``, in
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TAP format.
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