Re: [RFC v1 6/6] kunit: Add 'kunit_shutdown' option

From: Brendan Higgins
Date: Thu Jan 23 2020 - 17:56:57 EST


On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 12:06 AM Stephen Boyd <sboyd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Quoting Brendan Higgins (2019-12-16 14:05:55)
> > From: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Add a new kernel command-line option, 'kunit_shutdown', which allows the
> > user to specify that the kernel poweroff, halt, or reboot after
> > completing all KUnit tests; this is very handy for running KUnit tests
> > on UML or a VM so that the UML/VM process exits cleanly immediately
> > after running all tests without needing a special initramfs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > lib/kunit/executor.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > tools/testing/kunit/kunit_kernel.py | 2 +-
> > tools/testing/kunit/kunit_parser.py | 2 +-
> > 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Can you document it in Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt ?

Ah, yes. That would be a good idea. Sorry, I just expected to be
shouted at loudly for doing this, and didn't want to expend the effort
until some people told me that they didn't hate the idea.