Re: [PATCH v2 00/17] kunit: introduce KUnit, the Linux kernel unit testing framework

Theodore Ts'o
2019-05-10T04:50:56Z

On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 05:40:48PM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> Based on some of the other commenters, I was under the impression that
> kselftests had in-kernel tests but I'm not sure where or if they exist. If
> they do exists, it seems like it would make sense to convert those to kunit
> and have Kunit tests run-able in a VM or baremetal instance.

There are kselftests tests which are shell scripts which load a
module, and the module runs the in-kernel code. However, I didn't see
much infrastructure for the in-kernel test code; the one or two test
modules called from kselftests looked pretty ad hoc to me.

That's why I used the "vise grips" analogy. You can use a pair of
vise grips like a monkey wrench; but it's not really a monkey wrench,
and might not be the best tool to loosen or tighten nuts and bolts.

- Ted