From: "Ilpo Järvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@linux.intel.com>
To: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
Cc: Hans de Goede <hansg@kernel.org>,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
linux@weissschuh.net, Dell.Client.Kernel@dell.com,
corbet@lwn.net, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] platform/wmi: Add kunit test for the marshalling code
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 17:39:23 +0200 (EET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d81e5214-4aaa-9e72-5a3c-5c0e67528ee0@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251220204622.3541-3-W_Armin@gmx.de>
On Sat, 20 Dec 2025, Armin Wolf wrote:
> The marshalling code used by the WMI driver core is implemented as
> a separate component, suitable for unit tests.
>
> Implmented such a unit test using KUnit. Those unit tests verify that
> ACPI objects are correctly converted into WMI buffers and that WMI
> strings are correctly converted into ACPI strings. They also verify
> that invalid ACPI data (like nested packages) is rejected.
>
> Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
> ---
> drivers/platform/wmi/Kconfig | 2 +
> drivers/platform/wmi/Makefile | 3 +
> drivers/platform/wmi/tests/Kconfig | 16 +
> drivers/platform/wmi/tests/Makefile | 8 +
> .../platform/wmi/tests/marshalling_kunit.c | 448 ++++++++++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 477 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/wmi/tests/Kconfig
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/wmi/tests/Makefile
> create mode 100644 drivers/platform/wmi/tests/marshalling_kunit.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/wmi/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/wmi/Kconfig
> index 77fcbb18746b..21fa3e440042 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/wmi/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/platform/wmi/Kconfig
> @@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ config ACPI_WMI_LEGACY_DEVICE_NAMES
> userspace applications but will cause the registration of WMI devices with
> the same GUID to fail in some corner cases.
>
> +source "drivers/platform/wmi/tests/Kconfig"
> +
> endif # ACPI_WMI
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/wmi/Makefile b/drivers/platform/wmi/Makefile
> index 6f2bf8cc709e..93f37ce519ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/wmi/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/platform/wmi/Makefile
> @@ -6,3 +6,6 @@
>
> wmi-y := core.o marshalling.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_WMI) += wmi.o
> +
> +# Unit tests
> +obj-y += tests/
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/wmi/tests/Kconfig b/drivers/platform/wmi/tests/Kconfig
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..efcbcb51c251
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/platform/wmi/tests/Kconfig
> @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +#
> +# ACPI WMI KUnit tests
> +#
> +
> +config ACPI_WMI_MARSHALLING_KUNIT_TEST
> + tristate "KUnit Test for ACPI-WMI marshalling" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
> + depends on KUNIT
> + default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
> + help
> + This builds unit tests for the ACPI-WMI marshalling code.
> +
> + For more information on KUnit and unit tests in general, please refer
> + to the KUnit documentation in Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/.
> +
> + If unsure, say N.
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/wmi/tests/Makefile b/drivers/platform/wmi/tests/Makefile
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..252c3125353a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/platform/wmi/tests/Makefile
> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +#
> +# Makefile for linux/drivers/platform/x86/wmi/tests
> +# ACPI WMI KUnit tests
> +#
> +
> +wmi_marshalling_kunit-y := marshalling_kunit.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_WMI_MARSHALLING_KUNIT_TEST) += wmi_marshalling_kunit.o
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/wmi/tests/marshalling_kunit.c b/drivers/platform/wmi/tests/marshalling_kunit.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e339791e81e5
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/platform/wmi/tests/marshalling_kunit.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,448 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
> +/*
> + * KUnit test for the ACPI-WMI marshalling code.
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2025 Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/acpi.h>
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/wmi.h>
> +
> +#include <kunit/resource.h>
> +#include <kunit/test.h>
> +
> +#include "../internal.h"
> +
> +struct wmi_acpi_param {
> + const char *name;
> + const union acpi_object obj;
> + const struct wmi_buffer buffer;
> +};
> +
> +struct wmi_string_param {
> + const char *name;
> + const char *string;
> + const struct wmi_buffer buffer;
> +};
> +
> +struct wmi_invalid_acpi_param {
> + const char *name;
> + const union acpi_object obj;
> +};
> +
> +struct wmi_invalid_string_param {
> + const char *name;
> + const struct wmi_buffer buffer;
> +};
> +
> +/* 0xdeadbeef */
> +static u8 expected_single_integer[] = {
> + 0xef, 0xbe, 0xad, 0xde,
> +};
> +
> +/* "TEST" */
> +static u8 expected_single_string[] = {
> + 0x0a, 0x00, 0x54, 0x00, 0x45, 0x00, 0x53, 0x00, 0x54, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
> +};
> +
> +static u8 test_buffer[] = {
> + 0xab, 0xcd
> +};
> +
> +static u8 expected_single_buffer[] = {
> + 0xab, 0xcd
> +};
Inconsistent trailing commas.
> +
> +static union acpi_object simple_package_elements[] = {
> + {
> + .buffer = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER,
> + .length = sizeof(test_buffer),
> + .pointer = test_buffer,
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .integer = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,
> + .value = 0x01020304,
> + },
> + },
> +};
> +
> +static u8 expected_simple_package[] = {
> + 0xab, 0xcd,
> + 0x00, 0x00,
> + 0x04, 0x03, 0x02, 0x01
> +};
> +
> +static u8 test_small_buffer[] = {
> + 0xde
> +};
> +
> +static union acpi_object complex_package_elements[] = {
> + {
> + .integer = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,
> + .value = 0xdeadbeef,
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .buffer = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER,
> + .length = sizeof(test_small_buffer),
> + .pointer = test_small_buffer,
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .string = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_STRING,
> + .length = sizeof("TEST") - 1,
> + .pointer = "TEST",
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .buffer = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER,
> + .length = sizeof(test_small_buffer),
> + .pointer = test_small_buffer,
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .integer = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,
> + .value = 0x01020304,
> + },
> + }
> +};
> +
> +static u8 expected_complex_package[] = {
> + 0xef, 0xbe, 0xad, 0xde,
> + 0xde,
> + 0x00,
> + 0x0a, 0x00, 0x54, 0x00, 0x45, 0x00, 0x53, 0x00, 0x54, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
> + 0xde,
> + 0x00,
> + 0x04, 0x03, 0x02, 0x01,
> +};
> +
> +static const struct wmi_acpi_param wmi_acpi_params_array[] = {
> + {
> + .name = "single_integer",
> + .obj = {
> + .integer = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER,
> + .value = 0xdeadbeef,
> + },
> + },
> + .buffer = {
> + .data = expected_single_integer,
> + .length = sizeof(expected_single_integer),
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .name = "single_string",
> + .obj = {
> + .string = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_STRING,
> + .length = sizeof("TEST") - 1,
> + .pointer = "TEST",
> + },
> + },
> + .buffer = {
> + .data = expected_single_string,
> + .length = sizeof(expected_single_string),
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .name = "single_buffer",
> + .obj = {
> + .buffer = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER,
> + .length = sizeof(test_buffer),
> + .pointer = test_buffer,
> + },
> + },
> + .buffer = {
> + .data = expected_single_buffer,
> + .length = sizeof(expected_single_buffer),
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .name = "simple_package",
> + .obj = {
> + .package = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE,
> + .count = ARRAY_SIZE(simple_package_elements),
> + .elements = simple_package_elements,
> + },
> + },
> + .buffer = {
> + .data = expected_simple_package,
> + .length = sizeof(expected_simple_package),
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .name = "complex_package",
> + .obj = {
> + .package = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE,
> + .count = ARRAY_SIZE(complex_package_elements),
> + .elements = complex_package_elements,
> + },
> + },
> + .buffer = {
> + .data = expected_complex_package,
> + .length = sizeof(expected_complex_package),
> + },
> + },
> +};
> +
> +static void wmi_acpi_param_get_desc(const struct wmi_acpi_param *param, char *desc)
> +{
> + strscpy(desc, param->name, KUNIT_PARAM_DESC_SIZE);
> +}
> +
> +KUNIT_ARRAY_PARAM(wmi_unmarshal_acpi_object, wmi_acpi_params_array, wmi_acpi_param_get_desc);
> +
> +/* "WMI\0" */
> +static u8 padded_wmi_string[] = {
> + 0x0a, 0x00,
> + 0x57, 0x00,
> + 0x4D, 0x00,
> + 0x49, 0x00,
> + 0x00, 0x00,
> + 0x00, 0x00
> +};
> +
> +static const struct wmi_string_param wmi_string_params_array[] = {
> + {
> + .name = "test",
> + .string = "TEST",
> + .buffer = {
> + .length = sizeof(expected_single_string),
> + .data = expected_single_string,
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .name = "padded",
> + .string = "WMI",
> + .buffer = {
> + .length = sizeof(padded_wmi_string),
> + .data = padded_wmi_string,
> + },
> + },
> +};
> +
> +static void wmi_string_param_get_desc(const struct wmi_string_param *param, char *desc)
> +{
> + strscpy(desc, param->name, KUNIT_PARAM_DESC_SIZE);
> +}
> +
> +KUNIT_ARRAY_PARAM(wmi_marshal_string, wmi_string_params_array, wmi_string_param_get_desc);
> +
> +static union acpi_object nested_package_elements[] = {
> + {
> + .package = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE,
> + .count = ARRAY_SIZE(simple_package_elements),
> + .elements = simple_package_elements,
> + },
> + }
> +};
> +
> +static const struct wmi_invalid_acpi_param wmi_invalid_acpi_params_array[] = {
> + {
> + .name = "nested_package",
> + .obj = {
> + .package = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_PACKAGE,
> + .count = ARRAY_SIZE(nested_package_elements),
> + .elements = nested_package_elements,
> + },
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .name = "reference",
> + .obj = {
> + .reference = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REFERENCE,
> + .actual_type = ACPI_TYPE_ANY,
> + .handle = NULL,
> + },
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .name = "processor",
> + .obj = {
> + .processor = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_PROCESSOR,
> + .proc_id = 0,
> + .pblk_address = 0,
> + .pblk_length = 0,
> + },
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .name = "power_resource",
> + .obj = {
> + .power_resource = {
> + .type = ACPI_TYPE_POWER,
> + .system_level = 0,
> + .resource_order = 0,
> + },
> + },
> + },
> +};
> +
> +static void wmi_invalid_acpi_param_get_desc(const struct wmi_invalid_acpi_param *param, char *desc)
> +{
> + strscpy(desc, param->name, KUNIT_PARAM_DESC_SIZE);
> +}
> +
> +KUNIT_ARRAY_PARAM(wmi_unmarshal_acpi_object_failure, wmi_invalid_acpi_params_array,
> + wmi_invalid_acpi_param_get_desc);
> +
> +static u8 oversized_wmi_string[] = {
> + 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * The error is that 3 bytes can not hold UTF-16 characters
> + * without cutting of the last one.
> + */
> +static u8 undersized_wmi_string[] = {
> + 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
> +};
> +
> +static u8 non_ascii_wmi_string[] = {
> + 0x04, 0x00, 0xC4, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
> +};
> +
> +static const struct wmi_invalid_string_param wmi_invalid_string_params_array[] = {
> + {
> + .name = "empty_buffer",
> + .buffer = {
> + .length = 0,
> + .data = ZERO_SIZE_PTR,
> + },
> +
> + },
> + {
> + .name = "oversized",
> + .buffer = {
> + .length = sizeof(oversized_wmi_string),
> + .data = oversized_wmi_string,
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .name = "undersized",
> + .buffer = {
> + .length = sizeof(undersized_wmi_string),
> + .data = undersized_wmi_string,
> + },
> + },
> + {
> + .name = "non_ascii",
> + .buffer = {
> + .length = sizeof(non_ascii_wmi_string),
> + .data = non_ascii_wmi_string,
> + },
> + },
> +};
> +
> +static void wmi_invalid_string_param_get_desc(const struct wmi_invalid_string_param *param,
> + char *desc)
> +{
> + strscpy(desc, param->name, KUNIT_PARAM_DESC_SIZE);
Add include.
--
i.
> +}
> +
> +KUNIT_ARRAY_PARAM(wmi_marshal_string_failure, wmi_invalid_string_params_array,
> + wmi_invalid_string_param_get_desc);
> +
> +KUNIT_DEFINE_ACTION_WRAPPER(kfree_wrapper, kfree, const void *);
> +
> +static void wmi_unmarshal_acpi_object_test(struct kunit *test)
> +{
> + const struct wmi_acpi_param *param = test->param_value;
> + struct wmi_buffer result;
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = wmi_unmarshal_acpi_object(¶m->obj, &result);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + KUNIT_FAIL_AND_ABORT(test, "Unmarshalling of ACPI object failed\n");
> +
> + kunit_add_action(test, kfree_wrapper, result.data);
> +
> + KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, result.length, param->buffer.length);
> + KUNIT_EXPECT_MEMEQ(test, result.data, param->buffer.data, result.length);
> +}
> +
> +static void wmi_unmarshal_acpi_object_failure_test(struct kunit *test)
> +{
> + const struct wmi_invalid_acpi_param *param = test->param_value;
> + struct wmi_buffer result;
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = wmi_unmarshal_acpi_object(¶m->obj, &result);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return;
> +
> + kfree(result.data);
> + KUNIT_FAIL(test, "Invalid ACPI object was not rejected\n");
> +}
> +
> +static void wmi_marshal_string_test(struct kunit *test)
> +{
> + const struct wmi_string_param *param = test->param_value;
> + struct acpi_buffer result;
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = wmi_marshal_string(¶m->buffer, &result);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + KUNIT_FAIL_AND_ABORT(test, "Marshalling of WMI string failed\n");
> +
> + kunit_add_action(test, kfree_wrapper, result.pointer);
> +
> + KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, result.length, strlen(param->string));
> + KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(test, result.pointer, param->string);
> +}
> +
> +static void wmi_marshal_string_failure_test(struct kunit *test)
> +{
> + const struct wmi_invalid_string_param *param = test->param_value;
> + struct acpi_buffer result;
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = wmi_marshal_string(¶m->buffer, &result);
> + if (ret < 0)
> + return;
> +
> + kfree(result.pointer);
> + KUNIT_FAIL(test, "Invalid string was not rejected\n");
> +}
> +
> +static struct kunit_case wmi_marshalling_test_cases[] = {
> + KUNIT_CASE_PARAM(wmi_unmarshal_acpi_object_test,
> + wmi_unmarshal_acpi_object_gen_params),
> + KUNIT_CASE_PARAM(wmi_marshal_string_test,
> + wmi_marshal_string_gen_params),
> + KUNIT_CASE_PARAM(wmi_unmarshal_acpi_object_failure_test,
> + wmi_unmarshal_acpi_object_failure_gen_params),
> + KUNIT_CASE_PARAM(wmi_marshal_string_failure_test,
> + wmi_marshal_string_failure_gen_params),
> + {}
> +};
> +
> +static struct kunit_suite wmi_marshalling_test_suite = {
> + .name = "wmi_marshalling",
> + .test_cases = wmi_marshalling_test_cases,
> +};
> +
> +kunit_test_suite(wmi_marshalling_test_suite);
> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("KUnit test for the ACPI-WMI marshalling code");
> +MODULE_IMPORT_NS("EXPORTED_FOR_KUNIT_TESTING");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-06 15:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-20 20:46 [PATCH v2 0/9] platform/wmi: Introduce marshalling support Armin Wolf
2025-12-20 20:46 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] " Armin Wolf
2026-01-06 15:35 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2026-01-06 15:56 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2025-12-20 20:46 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] platform/wmi: Add kunit test for the marshalling code Armin Wolf
2026-01-06 15:39 ` Ilpo Järvinen [this message]
2025-12-20 20:46 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] platform/wmi: Add helper functions for WMI string conversions Armin Wolf
2025-12-20 20:46 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] platform/wmi: Add kunit test for the string conversion code Armin Wolf
2025-12-20 20:46 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] platform/x86: intel-wmi-sbl-fw-update: Use new buffer-based WMI API Armin Wolf
2025-12-20 20:46 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] platform/x86/intel/wmi: thunderbolt: " Armin Wolf
2025-12-20 20:46 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] platform/x86: xiaomi-wmi: " Armin Wolf
2025-12-20 20:46 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] platform/x86: wmi-bmof: " Armin Wolf
2025-12-20 20:46 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] platform/wmi: Update driver development guide Armin Wolf
2026-01-06 15:15 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] platform/wmi: Introduce marshalling support Armin Wolf
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