linux/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst

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kunit: Add a macro to wrap a deferred action function KUnit's deferred action API accepts a void(*)(void *) function pointer which is called when the test is exited. However, we very frequently want to use existing functions which accept a single pointer, but which may not be of type void*. While this is probably dodgy enough to be on the wrong side of the C standard, it's been often used for similar callbacks, and gcc's -Wcast-function-type seems to ignore cases where the only difference is the type of the argument, assuming it's compatible (i.e., they're both pointers to data). However, clang 16 has introduced -Wcast-function-type-strict, which no longer permits any deviation in function pointer type. This seems to be because it'd break CFI, which validates the type of function calls. This rather ruins our attempts to cast functions to defer them, and leaves us with a few options. The one we've chosen is to implement a macro which will generate a wrapper function which accepts a void*, and casts the argument to the appropriate type. For example, if you were trying to wrap: void foo_close(struct foo *handle); you could use: KUNIT_DEFINE_ACTION_WRAPPER(kunit_action_foo_close, foo_close, struct foo *); This would create a new kunit_action_foo_close() function, of type kunit_action_t, which could be passed into kunit_add_action() and similar functions. In addition to defining this macro, update KUnit and its tests to use it. Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1750 Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> Reviewed-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-11-28 15:24:05 +08:00
kunit: Add a macro to wrap a deferred action function KUnit's deferred action API accepts a void(*)(void *) function pointer which is called when the test is exited. However, we very frequently want to use existing functions which accept a single pointer, but which may not be of type void*. While this is probably dodgy enough to be on the wrong side of the C standard, it's been often used for similar callbacks, and gcc's -Wcast-function-type seems to ignore cases where the only difference is the type of the argument, assuming it's compatible (i.e., they're both pointers to data). However, clang 16 has introduced -Wcast-function-type-strict, which no longer permits any deviation in function pointer type. This seems to be because it'd break CFI, which validates the type of function calls. This rather ruins our attempts to cast functions to defer them, and leaves us with a few options. The one we've chosen is to implement a macro which will generate a wrapper function which accepts a void*, and casts the argument to the appropriate type. For example, if you were trying to wrap: void foo_close(struct foo *handle); you could use: KUNIT_DEFINE_ACTION_WRAPPER(kunit_action_foo_close, foo_close, struct foo *); This would create a new kunit_action_foo_close() function, of type kunit_action_t, which could be passed into kunit_add_action() and similar functions. In addition to defining this macro, update KUnit and its tests to use it. Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1750 Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> Reviewed-by: Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2023-11-28 15:24:05 +08:00
kunit: Use the static key when retrieving the current test In order to detect if a KUnit test is running, and to access its context, the 'kunit_test' member of the current task_struct is used. Usually, this is accessed directly or via the kunit_fail_current_task() function. In order to speed up the case where no test is running, add a wrapper, kunit_get_current_test(), which uses the static key to fail early. Equally, Speed up kunit_fail_current_test() by using the static key. This should make it convenient for code to call this unconditionally in fakes or error paths, without worrying that this will slow the code down significantly. If CONFIG_KUNIT=n (or m), this compiles away to nothing. If CONFIG_KUNIT=y, it will compile down to a NOP (on most architectures) if no KUnit test is currently running. Note that kunit_get_current_test() does not work if KUnit is built as a module. This mirrors the existing restriction on kunit_fail_current_test(). Note that the definition of kunit_fail_current_test() still wraps an empty, inline function if KUnit is not built-in. This is to ensure that the printf format string __attribute__ will still work. Also update the documentation to suggest users use the new kunit_get_current_test() function, update the example, and to describe the behaviour when KUnit is disabled better. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Sadiya Kazi <sadiyakazi@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2022-11-25 16:43:05 +08:00
kunit: Use the static key when retrieving the current test In order to detect if a KUnit test is running, and to access its context, the 'kunit_test' member of the current task_struct is used. Usually, this is accessed directly or via the kunit_fail_current_task() function. In order to speed up the case where no test is running, add a wrapper, kunit_get_current_test(), which uses the static key to fail early. Equally, Speed up kunit_fail_current_test() by using the static key. This should make it convenient for code to call this unconditionally in fakes or error paths, without worrying that this will slow the code down significantly. If CONFIG_KUNIT=n (or m), this compiles away to nothing. If CONFIG_KUNIT=y, it will compile down to a NOP (on most architectures) if no KUnit test is currently running. Note that kunit_get_current_test() does not work if KUnit is built as a module. This mirrors the existing restriction on kunit_fail_current_test(). Note that the definition of kunit_fail_current_test() still wraps an empty, inline function if KUnit is not built-in. This is to ensure that the printf format string __attribute__ will still work. Also update the documentation to suggest users use the new kunit_get_current_test() function, update the example, and to describe the behaviour when KUnit is disabled better. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Sadiya Kazi <sadiyakazi@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2022-11-25 16:43:05 +08:00
kunit: Use the static key when retrieving the current test In order to detect if a KUnit test is running, and to access its context, the 'kunit_test' member of the current task_struct is used. Usually, this is accessed directly or via the kunit_fail_current_task() function. In order to speed up the case where no test is running, add a wrapper, kunit_get_current_test(), which uses the static key to fail early. Equally, Speed up kunit_fail_current_test() by using the static key. This should make it convenient for code to call this unconditionally in fakes or error paths, without worrying that this will slow the code down significantly. If CONFIG_KUNIT=n (or m), this compiles away to nothing. If CONFIG_KUNIT=y, it will compile down to a NOP (on most architectures) if no KUnit test is currently running. Note that kunit_get_current_test() does not work if KUnit is built as a module. This mirrors the existing restriction on kunit_fail_current_test(). Note that the definition of kunit_fail_current_test() still wraps an empty, inline function if KUnit is not built-in. This is to ensure that the printf format string __attribute__ will still work. Also update the documentation to suggest users use the new kunit_get_current_test() function, update the example, and to describe the behaviour when KUnit is disabled better. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Sadiya Kazi <sadiyakazi@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2022-11-25 16:43:05 +08:00
kunit: Use the static key when retrieving the current test In order to detect if a KUnit test is running, and to access its context, the 'kunit_test' member of the current task_struct is used. Usually, this is accessed directly or via the kunit_fail_current_task() function. In order to speed up the case where no test is running, add a wrapper, kunit_get_current_test(), which uses the static key to fail early. Equally, Speed up kunit_fail_current_test() by using the static key. This should make it convenient for code to call this unconditionally in fakes or error paths, without worrying that this will slow the code down significantly. If CONFIG_KUNIT=n (or m), this compiles away to nothing. If CONFIG_KUNIT=y, it will compile down to a NOP (on most architectures) if no KUnit test is currently running. Note that kunit_get_current_test() does not work if KUnit is built as a module. This mirrors the existing restriction on kunit_fail_current_test(). Note that the definition of kunit_fail_current_test() still wraps an empty, inline function if KUnit is not built-in. This is to ensure that the printf format string __attribute__ will still work. Also update the documentation to suggest users use the new kunit_get_current_test() function, update the example, and to describe the behaviour when KUnit is disabled better. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Sadiya Kazi <sadiyakazi@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2022-11-25 16:43:05 +08:00
kunit: Use the static key when retrieving the current test In order to detect if a KUnit test is running, and to access its context, the 'kunit_test' member of the current task_struct is used. Usually, this is accessed directly or via the kunit_fail_current_task() function. In order to speed up the case where no test is running, add a wrapper, kunit_get_current_test(), which uses the static key to fail early. Equally, Speed up kunit_fail_current_test() by using the static key. This should make it convenient for code to call this unconditionally in fakes or error paths, without worrying that this will slow the code down significantly. If CONFIG_KUNIT=n (or m), this compiles away to nothing. If CONFIG_KUNIT=y, it will compile down to a NOP (on most architectures) if no KUnit test is currently running. Note that kunit_get_current_test() does not work if KUnit is built as a module. This mirrors the existing restriction on kunit_fail_current_test(). Note that the definition of kunit_fail_current_test() still wraps an empty, inline function if KUnit is not built-in. This is to ensure that the printf format string __attribute__ will still work. Also update the documentation to suggest users use the new kunit_get_current_test() function, update the example, and to describe the behaviour when KUnit is disabled better. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Sadiya Kazi <sadiyakazi@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2022-11-25 16:43:05 +08:00
kunit: Use the static key when retrieving the current test In order to detect if a KUnit test is running, and to access its context, the 'kunit_test' member of the current task_struct is used. Usually, this is accessed directly or via the kunit_fail_current_task() function. In order to speed up the case where no test is running, add a wrapper, kunit_get_current_test(), which uses the static key to fail early. Equally, Speed up kunit_fail_current_test() by using the static key. This should make it convenient for code to call this unconditionally in fakes or error paths, without worrying that this will slow the code down significantly. If CONFIG_KUNIT=n (or m), this compiles away to nothing. If CONFIG_KUNIT=y, it will compile down to a NOP (on most architectures) if no KUnit test is currently running. Note that kunit_get_current_test() does not work if KUnit is built as a module. This mirrors the existing restriction on kunit_fail_current_test(). Note that the definition of kunit_fail_current_test() still wraps an empty, inline function if KUnit is not built-in. This is to ensure that the printf format string __attribute__ will still work. Also update the documentation to suggest users use the new kunit_get_current_test() function, update the example, and to describe the behaviour when KUnit is disabled better. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Sadiya Kazi <sadiyakazi@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2022-11-25 16:43:05 +08:00
kunit: Use the static key when retrieving the current test In order to detect if a KUnit test is running, and to access its context, the 'kunit_test' member of the current task_struct is used. Usually, this is accessed directly or via the kunit_fail_current_task() function. In order to speed up the case where no test is running, add a wrapper, kunit_get_current_test(), which uses the static key to fail early. Equally, Speed up kunit_fail_current_test() by using the static key. This should make it convenient for code to call this unconditionally in fakes or error paths, without worrying that this will slow the code down significantly. If CONFIG_KUNIT=n (or m), this compiles away to nothing. If CONFIG_KUNIT=y, it will compile down to a NOP (on most architectures) if no KUnit test is currently running. Note that kunit_get_current_test() does not work if KUnit is built as a module. This mirrors the existing restriction on kunit_fail_current_test(). Note that the definition of kunit_fail_current_test() still wraps an empty, inline function if KUnit is not built-in. This is to ensure that the printf format string __attribute__ will still work. Also update the documentation to suggest users use the new kunit_get_current_test() function, update the example, and to describe the behaviour when KUnit is disabled better. Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> Cc: Sadiya Kazi <sadiyakazi@google.com> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com> Reviewed-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2022-11-25 16:43:05 +08:00