Re: [RFC v1 0/6] kunit: create a centralized executor to dispatch all KUnit tests

[Brendan Higgins]

On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 11:35 AM <Tim.Bird@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:  Frank Rowand on January 28, 2020 11:37 AM
> >
> > On 1/28/20 1:19 AM, Brendan Higgins wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 9:40 AM Frank Rowand <frowand.list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
> > > we could add Kconfigs to control this, but the compiler nevertheless
> > > complains because it doesn't know what phase KUnit runs in.
> > >
> > > Is there any way to tell the compiler that it is okay for non __init
> > > code to call __init code? I would prefer not to have a duplicate
> > > version of all the KUnit libraries with all the symbols marked __init.
> >
> > I'm not sure.  The build messages have always been useful and valid in
> > my context, so I never thought to consider that possibility.
> >
> > > Thoughts?
>
> I'm not sure there's a restriction on non __init code calling __init
> code.  In init/main.c arch_call_reset_init() is in __init, and it calls
> rest_init which is non __init, without any special handling.
>
> Is the compiler complaint mentioned above related to  calling
> into __init code, or with some other issue?

I distinctly remember having the compiler complain at me when I was
messing around with the device tree unit tests because of KUnit
calling code marked as __init. Maybe it's time to start converting
those to KUnit to force the issue? Frank, does that work for you?