linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] kunit: tool: refactor internal kconfig handling, allow overriding

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Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 16:22:20 -0400
From:   Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>
To:     Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@...gle.com>
Cc:     davidgow@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kunit-dev@...glegroups.com, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        skhan@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] kunit: tool: refactor internal kconfig handling,
 allow overriding

On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 6:14 PM 'Daniel Latypov' via KUnit Development
<kunit-dev@...glegroups.com> wrote:
>
> Currently, you cannot ovewrwrite what's in your kunitconfig via
> --kconfig_add.
> Nor can you override something in a qemu_config via either means.
>
> This patch makes it so we have this level of priority
> * --kconfig_add
> * kunitconfig file (the default or the one from --kunitconfig)
> * qemu_config
>
> The rationale for this order is that the more "dynamic" sources of
> kconfig options should take priority.
>
> --kconfig_add is obviously the most dynamic.
> And for kunitconfig, users probably tweak the file manually or specify
> --kunitconfig more often than they delve into qemu_config python files.
>
> And internally, we convert the kconfigs from a python list into a set or
> dict fairly often. We should just use a dict internally.
> We exposed the set transform in the past since we didn't define __eq__,
> so also take the chance to shore up the kunit_kconfig.Kconfig interface.
>
> Example
> =======
>
> Let's consider the unrealistic example where someone would want to
> disable CONFIG_KUNIT.
> I.e. they run
> $ ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py config --kconfig_add=CONFIG_KUNIT=n
>
> Before
> ------
> We'd write the following
> > # CONFIG_KUNIT is not set
> > CONFIG_KUNIT_ALL_TESTS=y
> > CONFIG_KUNIT_TEST=y
> > CONFIG_KUNIT=y
> > CONFIG_KUNIT_EXAMPLE_TEST=y
>
> And we'd error out with
> > ERROR:root:Not all Kconfig options selected in kunitconfig were in the generated .config.
> > This is probably due to unsatisfied dependencies.
> > Missing: # CONFIG_KUNIT is not set
>
> After
> -----
> We'd write the following
> > # CONFIG_KUNIT is not set
> > CONFIG_KUNIT_TEST=y
> > CONFIG_KUNIT_ALL_TESTS=y
> > CONFIG_KUNIT_EXAMPLE_TEST=y
>
> And we'd error out with
> > ERROR:root:Not all Kconfig options selected in kunitconfig were in the generated .config.
> > This is probably due to unsatisfied dependencies.
> > Missing: CONFIG_KUNIT_EXAMPLE_TEST=y, CONFIG_KUNIT_TEST=y, CONFIG_KUNIT_ALL_TESTS=y
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>