linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kunit: test: Move fault tests behind KUNIT_FAULT

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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 05:31:53 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>
Cc: Rae Moar <rmoar@...gle.com>,
	Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>, kunit-dev@...glegroups.com,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kunit: test: Move fault tests behind KUNIT_FAULT_TEST
 Kconfig option

On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 05:08:06PM +0800, David Gow wrote:
> The NULL dereference tests in kunit_fault deliberately trigger a kernel
> BUG(), and therefore print the associated stack trace, even when the
> test passes. This is both annoying (as it bloats the test output), and
> can confuse some test harnesses, which assume any BUG() is a failure.
> 
> Allow these tests to be specifically disabled (without disabling all
> of KUnit's other tests), by placing them behind the
> CONFIG_KUNIT_FAULT_TEST Kconfig option. This is enabled by default, but
> can be set to 'n' to disable the test. An empty 'kunit_fault' suite is
> left behind, which will automatically be marked 'skipped'.
> 
> As the fault tests already were disabled under UML (as they weren't
> compatible with its fault handling), we can simply adapt those
> conditions, and add a dependency on !UML for our new option.
> 
> Suggested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/928249cc-e027-4f7f-b43f-502f99a1ea63@roeck-us.net/
> Fixes: 82b0beff3497 ("kunit: Add tests for fault")
> Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>

Reviewed-and-tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>

Thanks!
Guenter