Re: [PATCH] drm/todo: Add entry for using kunit in the subsystem

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

Hello Maxime,

Thanks for your feedback.

On 5/4/22 10:10, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 10:02:12AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> The Kernel Unit Testing (KUnit) framework provides a common framework for
>> unit tests within the Linux kernel. Having a test suite would allow to
>> identify regressions earlier.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>>  Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
>> index 127e76ee0b2d..10bfb50908d1 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
>> @@ -603,6 +603,20 @@ Level: Advanced
>>  Better Testing
>>  ==============
>>  
>> +Add unit tests using the Kernel Unit Testing (KUnit) framework
>> +--------------------------------------------------------------
>> +
>> +The `KUnit <https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/kunit/index.html>`_
>> +provides a common framework for unit tests within the Linux kernel. Having a
>> +test suite would allow to identify regressions earlier.
>> +
>> +A good candidate for the first unit tests are the format-conversion helpers in
>> +``drm_format_helper.c``.
>> +
>> +Contact: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> +
>> +Level: Intermediate
> 
> Kunit is fairly easy to grasp if you have some knowledge of other unit
> testing frameworks already (pytest, cmocka, etc.)
>

Yes, I didn't set to intermediate due kunit but rather due the format
conversions, since the functions are not easy to read and understand.

And the person writing the unit tests will have to get familiar with
the different formats to verify that conversions are done correctly.
 
> Another good candidate would be to convert (some ?) selftests to kunit.
> I'm not sure the others, but at least test-drm_cmdline_parser should be
> fairly easy to convert.
>

Indeed. Maybe I would add it as a separate entr though, as a follow-up.
 
> Maxime

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat