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Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2023 01:02:01 +0000
From:   Rae Moar <rmoar@...gle.com>
To:     shuah@...nel.org, davidgow@...gle.com, dlatypov@...gle.com,
        brendan.higgins@...ux.dev, sadiyakazi@...gle.com
Cc:     keescook@...omium.org, arnd@...db.de,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        kunit-dev@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Rae Moar <rmoar@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 6/6] Documentation: Add debugfs docs with run after boot

Expand the documentation on the KUnit debugfs filesystem on the
run_manual.rst page.

Add section describing how to access results using debugfs.

Add section describing how to run tests after boot using debugfs.

Signed-off-by: Rae Moar <rmoar@...gle.com>
---
Changes since v3:
- Change the introduction of the debugfs section
- Add detail to not being able to run concurrently or run with init data

 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst | 51 ++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst
index e7b46421f247..699d92885075 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_manual.rst
@@ -49,9 +49,52 @@ loaded.
 
 The results will appear in TAP format in ``dmesg``.
 
+debugfs
+=======
+
+KUnit can be accessed from userspace via the debugfs filesystem (See more
+information about debugfs at Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.rst).
+
+If ``CONFIG_KUNIT_DEBUGFS`` is enabled, the KUnit debugfs filesystem is
+mounted at /sys/kernel/debug/kunit. You can use this filesystem to perform
+the following actions.
+
+Retrieve Test Results
+=====================
+
+You can use debugfs to retrieve KUnit test results. The test results are
+accessible from the debugfs filesystem in the following read-only file:
+
+.. code-block :: bash
+
+	/sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test_suite>/results
+
+The test results are printed in a KTAP document. Note this document is separate
+to the kernel log and thus, may have different test suite numbering.
+
+Run Tests After Kernel Has Booted
+=================================
+
+You can use the debugfs filesystem to trigger built-in tests to run after
+boot. To run the test suite, you can use the following command to write to
+the ``/sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test_suite>/run`` file:
+
+.. code-block :: bash
+
+	echo "any string" > /sys/kernel/debugfs/kunit/<test_suite>/run
+
+As a result, the test suite runs and the results are printed to the kernel
+log.
+
+However, this feature is not available with KUnit suites that use init data,
+because init data may have been discarded after the kernel boots. KUnit
+suites that use init data should be defined using the
+kunit_test_init_section_suites() macro.
+
+Also, you cannot use this feature to run tests concurrently. Instead a test
+will wait to run until other tests have completed or failed.
+
 .. note ::
 
-	If ``CONFIG_KUNIT_DEBUGFS`` is enabled, KUnit test results will
-	be accessible from the ``debugfs`` filesystem (if mounted).
-	They will be in ``/sys/kernel/debug/kunit/<test_suite>/results``, in
-	TAP format.
+	For test authors, to use this feature, tests will need to correctly initialise
+	and/or clean up any data, so the test runs correctly a second time.
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