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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/kunit/test.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst index 9f720f1317d3..46957d1cbcbb 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst @@ -166,7 +166,12 @@ many similar tests. In order to reduce duplication in these closely related tests, most unit testing frameworks (including KUnit) provide the concept of a *test suite*. A test suite is a collection of test cases for a unit of code with optional setup and teardown functions that run before/after the whole -suite and/or every test case. For example: +suite and/or every test case. + +.. note:: + A test case will only run if it is associated with a test suite. + +For example: .. code-block:: c @@ -196,7 +201,10 @@ after everything else. ``kunit_test_suite(example_test_suite)`` registers the test suite with the KUnit test framework. .. note:: - A test case will only run if it is associated with a test suite. + The ``exit`` and ``suite_exit`` functions will run even if ``init`` or + ``suite_init`` fail. Make sure that they can handle any inconsistent + state which may result from ``init`` or ``suite_init`` encountering errors + or exiting early. ``kunit_test_suite(...)`` is a macro which tells the linker to put the specified test suite in a special linker section so that it can be run by KUnit diff --git a/include/kunit/test.h b/include/kunit/test.h index 57b309c6ca27..3028a1a3fcad 100644 --- a/include/kunit/test.h +++ b/include/kunit/test.h @@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ static inline char *kunit_status_to_ok_not_ok(enum kunit_status status) * test case, similar to the notion of a *test fixture* or a *test class* * in other unit testing frameworks like JUnit or Googletest. * + * Note that @exit and @suite_exit will run even if @init or @suite_init + * fail: make sure they can handle any inconsistent state which may result. + * * Every &struct kunit_case must be associated with a kunit_suite for KUnit * to run it. */ |