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diff --git a/Documentation/rust/testing.rst b/Documentation/rust/testing.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6658998d1b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/rust/testing.rst @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +Testing +======= + +This document contains useful information how to test the Rust code in the +kernel. + +There are two sorts of tests: + +- The KUnit tests. +- The ``#[test]`` tests. + +The KUnit tests +--------------- + +These are the tests that come from the examples in the Rust documentation. They +get transformed into KUnit tests. + +Usage +***** + +These tests can be run via KUnit. For example via ``kunit_tool`` (``kunit.py``) +on the command line:: + + ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --make_options LLVM=1 --arch x86_64 --kconfig_add CONFIG_RUST=y + +Alternatively, KUnit can run them as kernel built-in at boot. Refer to +Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst for the general KUnit documentation +and Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/architecture.rst for the details of kernel +built-in vs. command line testing. + +To use these KUnit doctests, the following must be enabled:: + + CONFIG_KUNIT + Kernel hacking -> Kernel Testing and Coverage -> KUnit - Enable support for unit tests + CONFIG_RUST_KERNEL_DOCTESTS + Kernel hacking -> Rust hacking -> Doctests for the `kernel` crate + +in the kernel config system. + +KUnit tests are documentation tests +*********************************** + +These documentation tests are typically examples of usage of any item (e.g. +function, struct, module...). + +They are very convenient because they are just written alongside the +documentation. For instance: + +.. code-block:: rust + + /// Sums two numbers. + /// + /// ``` + /// assert_eq!(mymod::f(10, 20), 30); + /// ``` + pub fn f(a: i32, b: i32) -> i32 { + a + b + } + +In userspace, the tests are collected and run via ``rustdoc``. Using the tool +as-is would be useful already, since it allows verifying that examples compile +(thus enforcing they are kept in sync with the code they document) and as well +as running those that do not depend on in-kernel APIs. + +For the kernel, however, these tests get transformed into KUnit test suites. +This means that doctests get compiled as Rust kernel objects, allowing them to +run against a built kernel. + +A benefit of this KUnit integration is that Rust doctests get to reuse existing +testing facilities. For instance, the kernel log would look like:: + + KTAP version 1 + 1..1 + KTAP version 1 + # Subtest: rust_doctests_kernel + 1..59 + # rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_0.location: rust/kernel/build_assert.rs:13 + ok 1 rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_0 + # rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_1.location: rust/kernel/build_assert.rs:56 + ok 2 rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_1 + # rust_doctest_kernel_init_rs_0.location: rust/kernel/init.rs:122 + ok 3 rust_doctest_kernel_init_rs_0 + ... + # rust_doctest_kernel_types_rs_2.location: rust/kernel/types.rs:150 + ok 59 rust_doctest_kernel_types_rs_2 + # rust_doctests_kernel: pass:59 fail:0 skip:0 total:59 + # Totals: pass:59 fail:0 skip:0 total:59 + ok 1 rust_doctests_kernel + +Tests using the `? <https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/expressions/operator-expr.html#the-question-mark-operator>`_ +operator are also supported as usual, e.g.: + +.. code-block:: rust + + /// ``` + /// # use kernel::{spawn_work_item, workqueue}; + /// spawn_work_item!(workqueue::system(), || pr_info!("x"))?; + /// # Ok::<(), Error>(()) + /// ``` + +The tests are also compiled with Clippy under ``CLIPPY=1``, just like normal +code, thus also benefitting from extra linting. + +In order for developers to easily see which line of doctest code caused a +failure, a KTAP diagnostic line is printed to the log. This contains the +location (file and line) of the original test (i.e. instead of the location in +the generated Rust file):: + + # rust_doctest_kernel_types_rs_2.location: rust/kernel/types.rs:150 + +Rust tests appear to assert using the usual ``assert!`` and ``assert_eq!`` +macros from the Rust standard library (``core``). We provide a custom version +that forwards the call to KUnit instead. Importantly, these macros do not +require passing context, unlike those for KUnit testing (i.e. +``struct kunit *``). This makes them easier to use, and readers of the +documentation do not need to care about which testing framework is used. In +addition, it may allow us to test third-party code more easily in the future. + +A current limitation is that KUnit does not support assertions in other tasks. +Thus, we presently simply print an error to the kernel log if an assertion +actually failed. Additionally, doctests are not run for nonpublic functions. + +The ``#[test]`` tests +--------------------- + +Additionally, there are the ``#[test]`` tests. These can be run using the +``rusttest`` Make target:: + + make LLVM=1 rusttest + +This requires the kernel ``.config`` and downloads external repositories. It +runs the ``#[test]`` tests on the host (currently) and thus is fairly limited in +what these tests can test. |