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* [PATCH v2 00/17] kunit: introduce KUnit, the Linux kernel unit testing framework
@ 2019-05-01 23:01 brendanhiggins
  2019-05-01 23:01 ` Brendan Higgins
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From: brendanhiggins @ 2019-05-01 23:01 UTC (permalink / raw)


## TLDR

I rebased the last patchset on 5.1-rc7 in hopes that we can get this in
5.2.

Shuah, I think you, Greg KH, and myself talked off thread, and we agreed
we would merge through your tree when the time came? Am I remembering
correctly?

## Background

This patch set proposes KUnit, a lightweight unit testing and mocking
framework for the Linux kernel.

Unlike Autotest and kselftest, KUnit is a true unit testing framework;
it does not require installing the kernel on a test machine or in a VM
and does not require tests to be written in userspace running on a host
kernel. Additionally, KUnit is fast: From invocation to completion KUnit
can run several dozen tests in under a second. Currently, the entire
KUnit test suite for KUnit runs in under a second from the initial
invocation (build time excluded).

KUnit is heavily inspired by JUnit, Python's unittest.mock, and
Googletest/Googlemock for C++. KUnit provides facilities for defining
unit test cases, grouping related test cases into test suites, providing
common infrastructure for running tests, mocking, spying, and much more.

## What's so special about unit testing?

A unit test is supposed to test a single unit of code in isolation,
hence the name. There should be no dependencies outside the control of
the test; this means no external dependencies, which makes tests orders
of magnitudes faster. Likewise, since there are no external dependencies,
there are no hoops to jump through to run the tests. Additionally, this
makes unit tests deterministic: a failing unit test always indicates a
problem. Finally, because unit tests necessarily have finer granularity,
they are able to test all code paths easily solving the classic problem
of difficulty in exercising error handling code.

## Is KUnit trying to replace other testing frameworks for the kernel?

No. Most existing tests for the Linux kernel are end-to-end tests, which
have their place. A well tested system has lots of unit tests, a
reasonable number of integration tests, and some end-to-end tests. KUnit
is just trying to address the unit test space which is currently not
being addressed.

## More information on KUnit

There is a bunch of documentation near the end of this patch set that
describes how to use KUnit and best practices for writing unit tests.
For convenience I am hosting the compiled docs here:
https://google.github.io/kunit-docs/third_party/kernel/docs/
Additionally for convenience, I have applied these patches to a branch:
https://kunit.googlesource.com/linux/+/kunit/rfc/v5.1-rc7/v1
The repo may be cloned with:
git clone https://kunit.googlesource.com/linux
This patchset is on the kunit/rfc/v5.1-rc7/v1 branch.

## Changes Since Last Version

None. I just rebased the last patchset on v5.1-rc7.

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2019-05-01 23:01 [PATCH v2 00/17] kunit: introduce KUnit, the Linux kernel unit testing framework brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 01/17] kunit: test: add KUnit test runner core brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 02/17] kunit: test: add test resource management API brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 03/17] kunit: test: add string_stream a std::stream like string builder brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-03  1:26   ` shuah
2019-05-03  1:26     ` shuah
2019-05-03  4:37     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-03  4:37       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 04/17] kunit: test: add kunit_stream a std::stream like logger brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-02 11:00   ` gregkh
2019-05-02 11:00     ` Greg KH
2019-05-02 20:25     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-02 20:25       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-02 21:18       ` frowand.list
2019-05-02 21:18         ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-03  1:50   ` shuah
2019-05-03  1:50     ` shuah
2019-05-03  5:48     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-03  5:48       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 05/17] kunit: test: add the concept of expectations brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 06/17] kbuild: enable building KUnit brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-10  3:03   ` yamada.masahiro
2019-05-10  3:03     ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-05-10 10:27     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-10 10:27       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-10 10:30       ` yamada.masahiro
2019-05-10 10:30         ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-05-10 10:33         ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-10 10:33           ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 07/17] kunit: test: add initial tests brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-02 10:58   ` gregkh
2019-05-02 10:58     ` Greg KH
2019-05-02 20:30     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-02 20:30       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-03  1:27   ` shuah
2019-05-03  1:27     ` shuah
2019-05-03  5:18     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-03  5:18       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 08/17] kunit: test: add support for test abort brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-03  3:14   ` logang
2019-05-03  3:14     ` Logan Gunthorpe
2019-05-03  6:48     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-03  6:48       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-03 12:33       ` logang
2019-05-03 12:33         ` Logan Gunthorpe
2019-05-06  8:48         ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-06  8:48           ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 09/17] kunit: test: add tests for kunit " brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 10/17] kunit: test: add the concept of assertions brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 11/17] kunit: test: add test managed resource tests brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-03 14:34   ` shuah
2019-05-03 14:34     ` shuah
2019-05-06  9:03     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-06  9:03       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 12/17] kunit: tool: add Python wrappers for running KUnit tests brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-02 11:02   ` gregkh
2019-05-02 11:02     ` Greg KH
2019-05-02 18:07     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-02 18:07       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-02 21:16       ` frowand.list
2019-05-02 21:16         ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-02 23:45         ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-02 23:45           ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-03  1:45           ` frowand.list
2019-05-03  1:45             ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-03  5:36             ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-03  5:36               ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-03 18:59               ` frowand.list
2019-05-03 18:59                 ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-03 23:14                 ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-03 23:14                   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-04 10:42                   ` gregkh
2019-05-04 10:42                     ` Greg KH
2019-05-06  0:19                   ` frowand.list
2019-05-06  0:19                     ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-06 17:43                     ` keescook
2019-05-06 17:43                       ` Kees Cook
2019-05-06 21:42                       ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-06 21:42                         ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-06 21:39                     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-06 21:39                       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-07 19:13                       ` Tim.Bird
2019-05-07 19:13                         ` Tim.Bird
2019-05-03  6:41           ` gregkh
2019-05-03  6:41             ` Greg KH
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 13/17] kunit: defconfig: add defconfigs for building " brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 14/17] Documentation: kunit: add documentation for KUnit brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-09  5:08   ` rdunlap
2019-05-09  5:08     ` Randy Dunlap
2019-05-09 17:38     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-09 17:38       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 15/17] MAINTAINERS: add entry for KUnit the unit testing framework brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-03 14:38   ` shuah
2019-05-03 14:38     ` shuah
2019-05-06  9:18     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-06  9:18       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 16/17] kernel/sysctl-test: Add null pointer test for sysctl.c:proc_dointvec() brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-02 11:03   ` gregkh
2019-05-02 11:03     ` Greg KH
2019-05-02 18:14     ` Tim.Bird
2019-05-02 18:14       ` Tim.Bird
2019-05-02 18:45       ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-02 18:45         ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-03  6:42         ` gregkh
2019-05-03  6:42           ` Greg KH
2019-05-03 23:41           ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-03 23:41             ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-04 10:40             ` gregkh
2019-05-04 10:40               ` Greg KH
2019-05-01 23:01 ` [PATCH v2 17/17] MAINTAINERS: add proc sysctl KUnit test to PROC SYSCTL section brendanhiggins
2019-05-01 23:01   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-02 10:50 ` [PATCH v2 00/17] kunit: introduce KUnit, the Linux kernel unit testing framework gregkh
2019-05-02 10:50   ` Greg KH
2019-05-02 11:05   ` gregkh
2019-05-02 11:05     ` Greg KH
2019-05-03  0:41     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-03  0:41       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-02 14:04   ` shuah
2019-05-02 14:04     ` shuah
2019-05-03  0:44     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-03  0:44       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-03  3:18 ` logang
2019-05-03  3:18   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2019-05-07  3:14 ` frowand.list
2019-05-07  3:14   ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-07  8:01   ` gregkh
2019-05-07  8:01     ` Greg KH
2019-05-07 15:23     ` shuah
2019-05-07 15:23       ` shuah
2019-05-09  1:01       ` frowand.list
2019-05-09  1:01         ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-07 17:22     ` tytso
2019-05-07 17:22       ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-08 19:17       ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-08 19:17         ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-09  0:58       ` frowand.list
2019-05-09  0:58         ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-09  1:44         ` tytso
2019-05-09  1:44           ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-09  2:18           ` frowand.list
2019-05-09  2:18             ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-14  8:22         ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-14  8:22           ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-09  0:43     ` frowand.list
2019-05-09  0:43       ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-09  1:58       ` tytso
2019-05-09  1:58         ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-09  2:13         ` frowand.list
2019-05-09  2:13           ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-09  3:20           ` tytso
2019-05-09  3:20             ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-09 11:52             ` knut.omang
2019-05-09 11:52               ` Knut Omang
2019-05-09 13:35               ` tytso
2019-05-09 13:35                 ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-09 14:48                 ` knut.omang
2019-05-09 14:48                   ` Knut Omang
2019-05-09 17:00                 ` Tim.Bird
2019-05-09 17:00                   ` Tim.Bird
2019-05-09 17:42                   ` daniel
2019-05-09 17:42                     ` Daniel Vetter
2019-05-09 18:12                   ` frowand.list
2019-05-09 18:12                     ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-09 21:42                     ` tytso
2019-05-09 21:42                       ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-09 22:20                       ` logang
2019-05-09 22:20                         ` Logan Gunthorpe
2019-05-09 23:30                         ` tytso
2019-05-09 23:30                           ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-09 23:40                           ` logang
2019-05-09 23:40                             ` Logan Gunthorpe
2019-05-10  4:47                             ` tytso
2019-05-10  4:47                               ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-10  5:18                             ` frowand.list
2019-05-10  5:18                               ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-10  5:48                               ` knut.omang
2019-05-10  5:48                                 ` Knut Omang
2019-05-10  8:12                                 ` daniel
2019-05-10  8:12                                   ` Daniel Vetter
2019-05-10 10:23                                   ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-10 10:23                                     ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-10 12:12                                     ` knut.omang
2019-05-10 12:12                                       ` Knut Omang
2019-05-10 20:54                                       ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-10 20:54                                         ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-10 22:18                                         ` frowand.list
2019-05-10 22:18                                           ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-11  6:17                                           ` knut.omang
2019-05-11  6:17                                             ` Knut Omang
2019-05-14  6:39                                             ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-14  6:39                                               ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-10 21:59                                     ` frowand.list
2019-05-10 21:59                                       ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-11  6:43                                       ` knut.omang
2019-05-11  6:43                                         ` Knut Omang
2019-05-14  8:00                                         ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-14  8:00                                           ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-10 11:36                                   ` knut.omang
2019-05-10 11:36                                     ` Knut Omang
2019-05-10 16:17                               ` logang
2019-05-10 16:17                                 ` Logan Gunthorpe
2019-05-10 22:13                                 ` frowand.list
2019-05-10 22:13                                   ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-14  8:38                                   ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-14  8:38                                     ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-15  0:14                                     ` frowand.list
2019-05-15  0:14                                       ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-15  0:26                                       ` logang
2019-05-15  0:26                                         ` Logan Gunthorpe
2019-05-10 21:52                         ` frowand.list
2019-05-10 21:52                           ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-14 20:54                           ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-14 20:54                             ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-10 21:12                       ` frowand.list
2019-05-10 21:12                         ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-11 17:33                         ` tytso
2019-05-11 17:33                           ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-13 14:44                           ` daniel
2019-05-13 14:44                             ` Daniel Vetter
2019-05-14  6:04                             ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-14  6:04                               ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-14 12:05                               ` daniel
2019-05-14 12:05                                 ` Daniel Vetter
2019-05-14 18:36                                 ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-14 18:36                                   ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-15  7:41                                   ` daniel
2019-05-15  7:41                                     ` Daniel Vetter
2019-05-22 21:38                                     ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-22 21:38                                       ` Brendan Higgins
2019-05-23  8:40                                       ` daniel
2019-05-23  8:40                                         ` Daniel Vetter
2019-05-15  0:26                           ` frowand.list
2019-05-15  0:26                             ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-15  4:28                             ` tytso
2019-05-15  4:28                               ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-10  5:11           ` frowand.list
2019-05-10  5:11             ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-10 10:43             ` tytso
2019-05-10 10:43               ` Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-10 21:05               ` frowand.list
2019-05-10 21:05                 ` Frank Rowand
2019-05-09 15:19 ` yamada.masahiro
2019-05-09 15:19   ` Masahiro Yamada
2019-05-10 10:25   ` brendanhiggins
2019-05-10 10:25     ` Brendan Higgins

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