linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kunit: Add naming guidelines

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Message-ID: <202006221439.B40C58A9@keescook>
Date:   Mon, 22 Jun 2020 14:41:48 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
Cc:     Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@...cle.com>,
        kunit-dev@...glegroups.com, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kunit: Add naming guidelines

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 10:49:44PM -0700, David Gow wrote:
> As discussed in [1], KUnit tests have hitherto not had a particularly
> consistent naming scheme. This adds documentation outlining how tests
> and test suites should be named, including how those names should be
> used in Kconfig entries and filenames.

Thanks for preparing this!

> [...]
> +Test Kconfig Entries
> +====================
> +
> +Every test suite should be tied to a Kconfig entry.
> +
> +This Kconfig entry must:
> +
> +* be named ``CONFIG_<name>_KUNIT_TEST``: where <name> is the name of the test
> +  suite.
> +* be listed either alongside the config entries for the driver/subsystem being
> +  tested, or be under [Kernel Hacking]→[Kernel Testing and Coverage]
> +* depend on ``CONFIG_KUNIT``
> +* be visible only if ``CONFIG_KUNIT_ALL_TESTS`` is not enabled.
> +* have a default value of ``CONFIG_KUNIT_ALL_TESTS``.
> +* have a brief description of KUnit in the help text
> +* include "If unsure, say N" in the help text

Is this last one needed? It seems redundant -- I'm not sure any of the
normal Kconfig help needs this. *shrug*

Everything else looks good!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>

-- 
Kees Cook