Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] kunit: Support for Parameterized Testing

From: Arpitha Raghunandan
Date: Tue Oct 27 2020 - 03:51:23 EST


On 27/10/20 1:14 pm, Marco Elver wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 06:14, Arpitha Raghunandan <98.arpi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [...]
>>>> diff --git a/include/kunit/test.h b/include/kunit/test.h
>>>> index a423fffefea0..16bf9f334e2c 100644
>>>> --- a/include/kunit/test.h
>>>> +++ b/include/kunit/test.h
>>>> @@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ struct kunit_case {
>>>> void (*run_case)(struct kunit *test);
>>>> const char *name;
>>>>
>>>> + /*
>>>> + * Pointer to test parameter generator function.
>>>> + * Used only for parameterized tests.
>>>
>>> What I meant was to give a description of the protocol, so that if
>>> somebody wanted, they could (without reading the implementation)
>>> implement their own custom generator without the helper macro.
>>>
>>> E.g. something like: "The generator function is used to lazily
>>> generate a series of arbitrarily typed values that fit into a void*.
>>> The argument @prev is the previously returned value, which should be
>>> used to derive the next value; @prev is set to NULL on the initial
>>> generator call. When no more values are available, the generator must
>>> return NULL."
>>>
>>
>> Oh okay. I am not sure if this is the best place to add documentation for this.
>
> I think it doesn't hurt to add, but have a look at the comment above
> this struct, which is already a kernel-doc comment. It probably makes
> sense to move the comment there to describe the new variable.
>

Alright, I will move the comment there.

> Thanks,
> -- Marco
>

Thanks.