linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 5/8] Documentation: KUnit: add intro to the getting-started page

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20220822022646.98581-6-tales.aparecida@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 21 Aug 2022 23:26:43 -0300
From:   Tales Aparecida <tales.aparecida@...il.com>
To:     Sadiya Kazi <sadiyakazi@...gle.com>, Tim.Bird@...y.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kunit-dev@...glegroups.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        davidgow@...gle.com, corbet@....net, brendan.higgins@...ux.dev,
        Trevor Woerner <twoerner@...il.com>, siqueirajordao@...eup.net,
        mwen@...lia.com, andrealmeid@...eup.net, mairacanal@...eup.net,
        Isabella Basso <isabbasso@...eup.net>, magalilemes00@...il.com,
        tales.aparecida@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/8] Documentation: KUnit: add intro to the getting-started page

Describe the objective of the Getting Started page, which should be a
brief and beginner-friendly walkthrough for running and writing tests,
showing the reader where to find detailed instructions in other pages.

Signed-off-by: Tales Aparecida <tales.aparecida@...il.com>
Reviewed-by: Maíra Canal <mairacanal@...eup.net>

---
Notes:
    Remove recommendation about having compiled the kernel before using
    kunit_tool. I changed my mind about it after Tim Bird's highlight.
---
 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
index adf782507999..75fd05286396 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 Getting Started
 ===============
 
+This page contains an overview of the kunit_tool and KUnit framework,
+teaching how to run existing tests and then how to write a simple test case,
+and covers common problems users face when using KUnit for the first time.
+
 Installing Dependencies
 =======================
 KUnit has the same dependencies as the Linux kernel. As long as you can
-- 
2.37.2