[PATCH 2/2] kunit: Add example of test suite that can be skipped at runtime
From: Vaibhav Jain
Date: Thu Jun 04 2026 - 12:54:53 EST
Add an example test suite name 'example_test_skip_suite' to
'kunit-example-test.c' that shows how to skip an entire test suite based on
runtime conditions.
The example suite 'example_skip_suite' provides a 'suite_init' callback
named example_skip_suite_init() which marks the entire suite as skipped
using kunit_mark_skipped().
This demonstrates a way for conditionally skipping test suites when any
prerequisites for kunit_suite execution are not met. The 'suite_init'
callback can perform any necessary checks and mark the suite as skipped,
preventing all test cases from executing while also indicating why the
suite was skipped.
Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/kunit/kunit-example-test.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/lib/kunit/kunit-example-test.c b/lib/kunit/kunit-example-test.c
index 0bae7b7ca0b0..b8ded54fa46d 100644
--- a/lib/kunit/kunit-example-test.c
+++ b/lib/kunit/kunit-example-test.c
@@ -591,5 +591,34 @@ static struct kunit_suite example_init_test_suite = {
*/
kunit_test_init_section_suites(&example_init_test_suite);
+/*
+ * This test should always be skipped.
+ */
+static void example_skip_suite_test(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ /* This line should never be seen */
+ KUNIT_FAIL(test, "You should not see a this.");
+}
+
+static struct kunit_case example_skip_suite_test_cases[] = {
+ KUNIT_CASE(example_skip_suite_test),
+ {}
+};
+
+static int example_skip_suite_init(struct kunit_suite *suite)
+{
+ kunit_mark_skipped(suite, "Test suite expected to be skipped");
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static struct kunit_suite example_test_skip_suite = {
+ .name = "example_skip_suite",
+ .suite_init = example_skip_suite_init,
+ .test_cases = example_skip_suite_test_cases,
+};
+
+/* This registers a test suite that will be skipped */
+kunit_test_suite(example_test_skip_suite);
+
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Example KUnit test suite");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
--
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