[v2] selftests: Add information about TAP conformance in tests

Commit Message

Muhammad Usama Anjum June 12, 2024, 7:27 a.m. UTC

Although "TAP" word is being used already in documentation, but it hasn't
been defined in informative way for developers that how to write TAP
conformant tests and what are the benefits. Write a short brief about it.

Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <[e-mail]>
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Changes since v1:
- Update documentation by modifying and removing sentences
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 Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
index dcf634e411bd9..f3766e326d1e3 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
@@ -228,6 +228,13 @@  In general, the rules for selftests are
  * Don't cause the top-level "make run_tests" to fail if your feature is
    unconfigured.
 
+ * The output of tests must conform to the TAP standard to ensure high
+   testing quality and to capture failures/errors with specific details.
+   The kselftest.h and kselftest_harness.h headers provide wrappers for
+   outputting test results. These wrappers should be used for pass,
+   fail, exit, and skip messages. CI systems can easily parse TAP output
+   messages to detect test results.
+
 Contributing new tests (details)
 ================================