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[v3,04/15] kunit: Add documentation for warning backtrace suppression API

Message ID 20240403131936.787234-5-linux@roeck-us.net (mailing list archive)
State New
Delegated to: Brendan Higgins
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Series Add support for suppressing warning backtraces | expand

Commit Message

Guenter Roeck April 3, 2024, 1:19 p.m. UTC
Document API functions for suppressing warning backtraces.

Tested-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
---
v2:
- Rebased to v6.9-rc1
- Added Tested-by:, Acked-by:, and Reviewed-by: tags
v3:
- Rebased to v6.9-rc2

 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

David Gow April 9, 2024, 8:29 a.m. UTC | #1
On Wed, 3 Apr 2024 at 21:19, Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> wrote:
>
> Document API functions for suppressing warning backtraces.
>
> Tested-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@linaro.org>
> Acked-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
> Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
> ---

This looks good to me: thanks for adding the documentation!

If we add integration between this and the KUnit resource system,
we'll need to add that to this documentation.

I wonder if it would make sense to have an example where the
DEFINE_SUPPRESSED_WARNING() is global, e.g., in the test init/exit
functions. That might overcomplicate it a bit.

It also might be nice to document the individual macros with kerneldoc
comments. (Though, that could equally fit in patch #1).

Still, this is the most important bit, so I'm happy to have it as-is.

Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>

Cheers,
-- David


> v2:
> - Rebased to v6.9-rc1
> - Added Tested-by:, Acked-by:, and Reviewed-by: tags
> v3:
> - Rebased to v6.9-rc2
>
>  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
> index 22955d56b379..8d3d36d4103d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
> @@ -157,6 +157,34 @@ Alternatively, one can take full control over the error message by using
>         if (some_setup_function())
>                 KUNIT_FAIL(test, "Failed to setup thing for testing");
>
> +Suppressing warning backtraces
> +------------------------------
> +
> +Some unit tests trigger warning backtraces either intentionally or as side
> +effect. Such backtraces are normally undesirable since they distract from
> +the actual test and may result in the impression that there is a problem.
> +
> +Such backtraces can be suppressed. To suppress a backtrace in some_function(),
> +use the following code.
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> +       static void some_test(struct kunit *test)
> +       {
> +               DEFINE_SUPPRESSED_WARNING(some_function);
> +
> +               START_SUPPRESSED_WARNING(some_function);
> +               trigger_backtrace();
> +               END_SUPPRESSED_WARNING(some_function);
> +       }
> +
> +SUPPRESSED_WARNING_COUNT() returns the number of suppressed backtraces. If the
> +suppressed backtrace was triggered on purpose, this can be used to check if
> +the backtrace was actually triggered.
> +
> +.. code-block:: c
> +
> +       KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, SUPPRESSED_WARNING_COUNT(some_function), 1);
>
>  Test Suites
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~
> @@ -857,4 +885,4 @@ For example:
>                 dev_managed_string = devm_kstrdup(fake_device, "Hello, World!");
>
>                 // Everything is cleaned up automatically when the test ends.
> -       }
> \ No newline at end of file
> +       }
> --
> 2.39.2
>
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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
index 22955d56b379..8d3d36d4103d 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
@@ -157,6 +157,34 @@  Alternatively, one can take full control over the error message by using
 	if (some_setup_function())
 		KUNIT_FAIL(test, "Failed to setup thing for testing");
 
+Suppressing warning backtraces
+------------------------------
+
+Some unit tests trigger warning backtraces either intentionally or as side
+effect. Such backtraces are normally undesirable since they distract from
+the actual test and may result in the impression that there is a problem.
+
+Such backtraces can be suppressed. To suppress a backtrace in some_function(),
+use the following code.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	static void some_test(struct kunit *test)
+	{
+		DEFINE_SUPPRESSED_WARNING(some_function);
+
+		START_SUPPRESSED_WARNING(some_function);
+		trigger_backtrace();
+		END_SUPPRESSED_WARNING(some_function);
+	}
+
+SUPPRESSED_WARNING_COUNT() returns the number of suppressed backtraces. If the
+suppressed backtrace was triggered on purpose, this can be used to check if
+the backtrace was actually triggered.
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, SUPPRESSED_WARNING_COUNT(some_function), 1);
 
 Test Suites
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -857,4 +885,4 @@  For example:
 		dev_managed_string = devm_kstrdup(fake_device, "Hello, World!");
 
 		// Everything is cleaned up automatically when the test ends.
-	}
\ No newline at end of file
+	}