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SubjectRe: [PATCH v18 15/19] Documentation: kunit: add documentation for KUnit
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On 9/23/19 1:49 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 9/23/19 11:06 AM, Brendan Higgins wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 8:48 AM Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 9/23/19 2:02 AM, 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@gmail.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>
>>>> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>
>>>> ---
>>>> Documentation/dev-tools/index.rst | 1 +
>>>> Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/index.rst | 16 +
>>>> Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/test.rst | 11 +
>>>> Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/faq.rst | 62 +++
>>>> Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst | 79 +++
>>>> Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst | 180 ++++++
>>>> Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst | 576 ++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> 7 files changed, 925 insertions(+)
>>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/index.rst
>>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/test.rst
>>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/faq.rst
>>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst
>>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
>>>> create mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
>>>
>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 000000000000..6dc229e46bb3
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/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 run
>>>> +
>>>> +Creating a kunitconfig
>>>> +======================
>>>> +The Python script is a thin wrapper around Kbuild as such, it needs to be
>>>
>>> around Kbuild. As such,
>>
>> Thanks for pointing this out.
>>
>>>
>>>> +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
>>>> +---------------------
>>>> +
>>>> +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.
>>>
>>> I normally use O=builddir when building kernels.
>>> Does this support using O=builddir ?
>>
>> Yep, it supports specifying a separate build directory.
>>
>>>> +
>>>> +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
>>>> +=======================
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 000000000000..c6e69634e274
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
>>>
>>> TBD...
>>
>> What did you mean by this comment?
>
> I plan to review usage.rst soon... (To Be Done :)
>

I would like to apply the series very soon so it gets some soak time
after this move in linux-next and it can still make the rc1.

Since there changes can be addressed after rc1, I would like to not
require Brendan to do another version before I apply.

Hope you are okay with that Randy!

thanks,
-- Shuah

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