diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index 7756f7a7c23b..c8c03388b9de 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ in safe mode with a limited scope. In limited mode, cpu-hotplug test is run on a single cpu as opposed to all hotplug capable cpus, and memory hotplug test is run on 2% of hotplug capable memory instead of 10%. +kselftest runs as a userspace process. Tests that can be written/run in +userspace may wish to use the `Test Harness`_. Tests that need to be +run in kernel space may wish to use a `Test Module`_. + Running the selftests (hotplug tests are run in limited mode) ============================================================= @@ -161,11 +165,97 @@ Contributing new tests (details) e.g: tools/testing/selftests/android/config +Test Module +=========== + +Kselftest tests the kernel from userspace. Sometimes things need +testing from within the kernel, one method of doing this is to create a +test module. We can tie the module into the kselftest framework by +using a shell script test runner. ``kselftest_module.sh`` is designed +to facilitate this process. There is also a header file provided to +assist writing kernel modules that are for use with kselftest: + +- ``tools/testing/kselftest/kselftest_module.h`` +- ``tools/testing/kselftest/kselftest_module.sh`` + +How to use +---------- + +Here we show the typical steps to create a test module and tie it into +kselftest. We use kselftests for lib/ as an example. + +1. Create the test module + +2. Create the test script that will run (load/unload) the module + e.g. ``tools/testing/selftests/lib/printf.sh`` + +3. Add line to config file e.g. ``tools/testing/selftests/lib/config`` + +4. Add test script to makefile e.g. ``tools/testing/selftests/lib/Makefile`` + +5. Verify it works: + +.. code-block:: sh + + # Assumes you have booted a fresh build of this kernel tree + cd /path/to/linux/tree + make kselftest-merge + make modules + sudo make modules_install + make TARGETS=lib kselftest + +Example Module +-------------- + +A bare bones test module might look like this: + +.. code-block:: c + + // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ + + #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt + + #include "../tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_module.h" + + KSTM_MODULE_GLOBALS(); + + /* + * Kernel module for testing the foobinator + */ + + static int __init test_function() + { + ... + } + + static void __init selftest(void) + { + KSTM_CHECK_ZERO(do_test_case("", 0)); + } + + KSTM_MODULE_LOADERS(test_foo); + MODULE_AUTHOR("John Developer "); + MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); + +Example test script +------------------- + +.. code-block:: sh + + #!/bin/bash + # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ + $(dirname $0)/../kselftest_module.sh "foo" test_foo + + Test Harness ============ -The kselftest_harness.h file contains useful helpers to build tests. The tests -from tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c can be used as example. +The kselftest_harness.h file contains useful helpers to build tests. The +test harness is for userspace testing, for kernel space testing see `Test +Module`_ above. + +The tests from tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c can be used as +example. Example ------- diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_module.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_module.h new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e8eafaf0941a --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_module.h @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */ +#ifndef __KSELFTEST_MODULE_H +#define __KSELFTEST_MODULE_H + +#include + +/* + * Test framework for writing test modules to be loaded by kselftest. + * See Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst for an example test module. + */ + +#define KSTM_MODULE_GLOBALS() \ +static unsigned int total_tests __initdata; \ +static unsigned int failed_tests __initdata + +#define KSTM_CHECK_ZERO(x) do { \ + total_tests++; \ + if (x) { \ + pr_warn("TC failed at %s:%d\n", __func__, __LINE__); \ + failed_tests++; \ + } \ +} while (0) + +static inline int kstm_report(unsigned int total_tests, unsigned int failed_tests) +{ + if (failed_tests == 0) + pr_info("all %u tests passed\n", total_tests); + else + pr_warn("failed %u out of %u tests\n", failed_tests, total_tests); + + return failed_tests ? -EINVAL : 0; +} + +#define KSTM_MODULE_LOADERS(__module) \ +static int __init __module##_init(void) \ +{ \ + pr_info("loaded.\n"); \ + selftest(); \ + return kstm_report(total_tests, failed_tests); \ +} \ +static void __exit __module##_exit(void) \ +{ \ + pr_info("unloaded.\n"); \ +} \ +module_init(__module##_init); \ +module_exit(__module##_exit) + +#endif /* __KSELFTEST_MODULE_H */