From: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
To: Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>
Cc: devicetree@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] of: update kconfig unittest help
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 12:56:58 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230213185702.395776-4-frowand.list@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230213185702.395776-1-frowand.list@gmail.com>
Add more information about the impact the of unittests have on the
live devicetree and why the tests should only be enabled for developer
kernels.
Add information about processing the test output such that the
results are more complete and comprehendable.
Signed-off-by: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
---
drivers/of/Kconfig | 14 +++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/of/Kconfig b/drivers/of/Kconfig
index 80b5fd44ab1c..644386833a7b 100644
--- a/drivers/of/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/of/Kconfig
@@ -23,7 +23,19 @@ config OF_UNITTEST
that are executed once at boot time, and the results dumped to the
console.
- If unsure, say N here, but this option is safe to enable.
+ This option should only be enabled for a development kernel. The tests
+ will taint the kernel with TAINT_TEST. The tests will cause ERROR and
+ WARNING messages to print on the console. The tests will cause stack
+ traces to print on the console. It is possible that the tests will
+ leave the devicetree in a corrupted state.
+
+ The unittest output will be verbose. Copy the output to a file
+ via capturing the console output or via the dmesg command. Process
+ this file with scripts/dtc/of_unittest_expect to reduce the
+ verbosity, test whether expected output is present, and to
+ summarize the results.
+
+ If unsure, say N here. This option is not safe to enable.
config OF_ALL_DTBS
bool "Build all Device Tree Blobs"
--
Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-02-13 18:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-02-13 18:56 [PATCH 0/7] of: unittest: new node lifecycle tests Frank Rowand
2023-02-13 18:56 ` [PATCH 1/7] of: prepare to add processing of EXPECT_NOT to of_unittest_expect Frank Rowand
2023-02-13 18:56 ` [PATCH 2/7] of: " Frank Rowand
2023-02-13 18:56 ` Frank Rowand [this message]
2023-02-13 18:56 ` [PATCH 4/7] of: unittest: add node lifecycle tests Frank Rowand
2023-02-26 0:07 ` Guenter Roeck
2023-02-26 19:50 ` Frank Rowand
2023-02-26 21:42 ` Frank Rowand
2023-02-13 18:57 ` [PATCH 5/7] of: do not use "%pOF" printk format on node with refcount of zero Frank Rowand
2023-02-13 19:23 ` Frank Rowand
2023-02-13 19:27 ` Frank Rowand
2023-02-13 18:57 ` [PATCH 6/7] of: add consistency check to of_node_release() Frank Rowand
2023-02-13 18:57 ` [PATCH 7/7] of: dynamic: add lifecycle docbook info to node creation functions Frank Rowand
2023-02-17 21:44 ` [PATCH 0/7] of: unittest: new node lifecycle tests Rob Herring
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