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From: Rae Moar <rmoar@google.com>
To: shuah@kernel.org, davidgow@google.com, dlatypov@google.com,
	 brendan.higgins@linux.dev, sadiyakazi@google.com
Cc: keescook@chromium.org, arnd@arndb.de,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,  linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	kunit-dev@googlegroups.com,  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Rae Moar <rmoar@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 6/6] Documentation: Add debugfs docs with run after boot
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 19:44:21 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231213194421.2031671-6-rmoar@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231213194421.2031671-1-rmoar@google.com>

Expand the documentation on the KUnit debugfs filesystem on the
run_manual.rst page.

Add section describing how to access results using debugfs.

Add section describing how to run tests after boot using debugfs.

Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Rae Moar <rmoar@google.com>
---
 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst | 51 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst
index e7b46421f247..699d92885075 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst
@@ -49,9 +49,52 @@ loaded.
 
 The results will appear in TAP format in ``dmesg``.
 
+debugfs
+=======
+
+KUnit can be accessed from userspace via the debugfs filesystem (See more
+information about debugfs at Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst).
+
+If ``CONFIG_KUNIT_DEBUGFS`` is enabled, the KUnit debugfs filesystem is
+mounted at /sys/kernel/debug/kunit. You can use this filesystem to perform
+the following actions.
+
+Retrieve Test Results
+=====================
+
+You can use debugfs to retrieve KUnit test results. The test results are
+accessible from the debugfs filesystem in the following read-only file:
+
+.. code-block :: bash
+
+	/sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test_suite>/results
+
+The test results are printed in a KTAP document. Note this document is separate
+to the kernel log and thus, may have different test suite numbering.
+
+Run Tests After Kernel Has Booted
+=================================
+
+You can use the debugfs filesystem to trigger built-in tests to run after
+boot. To run the test suite, you can use the following command to write to
+the ``/sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test_suite>/run`` file:
+
+.. code-block :: bash
+
+	echo "any string" > /sys/kernel/debugfs/kunit/<test_suite>/run
+
+As a result, the test suite runs and the results are printed to the kernel
+log.
+
+However, this feature is not available with KUnit suites that use init data,
+because init data may have been discarded after the kernel boots. KUnit
+suites that use init data should be defined using the
+kunit_test_init_section_suites() macro.
+
+Also, you cannot use this feature to run tests concurrently. Instead a test
+will wait to run until other tests have completed or failed.
+
 .. note ::
 
-	If ``CONFIG_KUNIT_DEBUGFS`` is enabled, KUnit test results will
-	be accessible from the ``debugfs`` filesystem (if mounted).
-	They will be in ``/sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test_suite>/results``, in
-	TAP format.
+	For test authors, to use this feature, tests will need to correctly initialise
+	and/or clean up any data, so the test runs correctly a second time.
-- 
2.43.0.472.g3155946c3a-goog


      parent reply	other threads:[~2023-12-13 19:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-13 19:44 [PATCH v5 1/6] kunit: move KUNIT_TABLE out of INIT_DATA Rae Moar
2023-12-13 19:44 ` [PATCH v5 2/6] kunit: add KUNIT_INIT_TABLE to init linker section Rae Moar
2023-12-13 19:44 ` [PATCH v5 3/6] kunit: add example suite to test init suites Rae Moar
2023-12-14  3:04   ` David Gow
2023-12-13 19:44 ` [PATCH v5 4/6] kunit: add is_init test attribute Rae Moar
2023-12-13 19:44 ` [PATCH v5 5/6] kunit: add ability to run tests after boot using debugfs Rae Moar
2023-12-13 19:44 ` Rae Moar [this message]

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