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[v3,kunit-next,2/2] kunit: update documentation to describe debugfs representation

Message ID 1581094694-6513-3-git-send-email-alan.maguire@oracle.com (mailing list archive)
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Series kunit: add debugfs representation to show results/run tests | expand

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Alan Maguire Feb. 7, 2020, 4:58 p.m. UTC
Documentation should describe debugfs layout and semantics.

Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
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 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

Comments

Brendan Higgins Feb. 11, 2020, 10:01 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 8:59 AM Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> Documentation should describe debugfs layout and semantics.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>

Thanks!
Frank Rowand Feb. 13, 2020, 3:25 a.m. UTC | #2
On 2/7/20 10:58 AM, Alan Maguire wrote:
> Documentation should describe debugfs layout and semantics.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
> index 7cd56a1..b2b958a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
> @@ -590,3 +590,15 @@ able to run one test case per invocation.
>  
>  .. TODO(brendanhiggins@google.com): Add an actual example of an architecture
>     dependent KUnit test.
> +
> +KUnit debugfs representation
> +============================
> +When kunit test suites are initialized, they create an associated directory
> +in /sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test-suite>.  The directory contains one file
> +
> +- results: "cat results" displays results of last test run

s/last test run/each test case and the result of the entire suite for the last test run/

> +
> +The debugfs representation is primarily of use when kunit test suites are
> +run in a native environment, either as modules or builtin.  Having a way
> +to display results like this is valuable as otherwise results can be
> +intermixed with other events in dmesg output.
> 

+The maximum size of each 'results' file is KUNIT_LOG_SIZE bytes.
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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
index 7cd56a1..b2b958a 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
@@ -590,3 +590,15 @@  able to run one test case per invocation.
 
 .. TODO(brendanhiggins@google.com): Add an actual example of an architecture
    dependent KUnit test.
+
+KUnit debugfs representation
+============================
+When kunit test suites are initialized, they create an associated directory
+in /sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test-suite>.  The directory contains one file
+
+- results: "cat results" displays results of last test run
+
+The debugfs representation is primarily of use when kunit test suites are
+run in a native environment, either as modules or builtin.  Having a way
+to display results like this is valuable as otherwise results can be
+intermixed with other events in dmesg output.