kunit: update documentation to describe module-based build
Documentation should describe how to build kunit and tests as modules. Co-developed-by: Knut Omang <knut.omang@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Knut Omang <knut.omang@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Stephen Boyd <swboyd@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
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@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ Yes, well, mostly.
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For the most part, the KUnit core framework (what you use to write the tests)
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can compile to any architecture; it compiles like just another part of the
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kernel and runs when the kernel boots. However, there is some infrastructure,
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kernel and runs when the kernel boots, or when built as a module, when the
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module is loaded. However, there is some infrastructure,
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like the KUnit Wrapper (``tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py``) that does not support
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other architectures.
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@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ to a standalone program that can be run like any other program directly inside
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of a host operating system; to be clear, it does not require any virtualization
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support; it is just a regular program.
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Alternatively, kunit and kunit tests can be built as modules and tests will
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run when the test module is loaded.
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KUnit is fast. Excluding build time, from invocation to completion KUnit can run
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several dozen tests in only 10 to 20 seconds; this might not sound like a big
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deal to some people, but having such fast and easy to run tests fundamentally
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@ -539,6 +539,22 @@ Interspersed in the kernel logs you might see the following:
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Congratulations, you just ran a KUnit test on the x86 architecture!
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In a similar manner, kunit and kunit tests can also be built as modules,
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so if you wanted to run tests in this way you might add the following config
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options to your ``.config``:
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.. code-block:: none
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CONFIG_KUNIT=m
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CONFIG_KUNIT_EXAMPLE_TEST=m
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Once the kernel is built and installed, a simple
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.. code-block:: bash
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modprobe example-test
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...will run the tests.
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Writing new tests for other architectures
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