Re: [PATCH v2 1/8] Documentation: KUnit: remove duplicated docs for kunit_tool

[David Gow]

On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 10:30 AM Tales Aparecida
<tales.aparecida@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Delete "kunit-tool.rst" to remove repeated info from KUnit docs.
> "What is kunit_tool?" was integrated into index.rst, the remaining
> sections were moved into run_wrapper.rst and renamed as follows:
>
> "What is a .kunitconfig?" -> "Creating a ``.kunitconfig`` file"
> "Getting Started with kunit_tool" -> "Running tests with kunit_tool"
> "Configuring, Building, and Running Tests" ->
>         "Configuring, building, and running tests"
> "Running Tests on QEMU" -> "Running tests on QEMU"
> "Parsing Test Results" -> "Parsing test results"
> "Filtering Tests" -> "Filtering tests"
> "Other Useful Options" -> "Running command-line arguments"
>
> Signed-off-by: Tales Aparecida <tales.aparecida@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Sadiya Kazi <sadiyakazi@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> Notes:
>     Update titles on run_wrapper.rst (Sadiya Kazi)
> ---
While I think there are some reasons we might want to keep this page,
ultimately, I agree we should get rid of it.

My concerns were basically that:
1. Having a distinction between a more tutorialised ("here's how to
run tests via kunit_tool") and reference-y ("a list of every option
kunit_tool has") pages makes sense. Then again, these pages were close
to identical in practice, so it's a theoretical objection at best.
2. There may be some links or references to the kunit_tool page (from
outside the kernel documentation) which will break. But, I'm not aware
of any, so they're certainly not common.

Let's move forward with this.

Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,
-- David



>  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst       |   3 -
>  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst  | 232 ------------------
>  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_wrapper.rst |  32 +--
>  Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst       |   2 -
>  4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 253 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst
> index bc91ad7b8961..d7187282ba28 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst
> @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ KUnit - Linux Kernel Unit Testing
>         run_wrapper
>         run_manual
>         usage
> -       kunit-tool
>         api/index
>         style
>         faq
> @@ -109,7 +108,5 @@ How do I use it?
>      examples.
>  *   Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/index.rst - KUnit APIs
>      used for testing.
> -*   Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst - kunit_tool helper
> -    script.
>  *   Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/faq.rst - KUnit common questions and
>      answers.
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst
> deleted file mode 100644
> index ae52e0f489f9..000000000000
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,232 +0,0 @@
> -.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -
> -=================
> -kunit_tool How-To
> -=================
> -
> -What is kunit_tool?
> -===================
> -
> -kunit_tool is a script (``tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py``) that aids in building
> -the Linux kernel as UML (`User Mode Linux
> -<http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/>`_), running KUnit tests, parsing
> -the test results and displaying them in a user friendly manner.
> -
> -kunit_tool addresses the problem of being able to run tests without needing a
> -virtual machine or actual hardware with User Mode Linux. User Mode Linux is a
> -Linux architecture, like ARM or x86; however, unlike other architectures it
> -compiles the kernel as a standalone Linux executable that can be run like any
> -other program directly inside of a host operating system. To be clear, it does
> -not require any virtualization support: it is just a regular program.
> -
> -What is a .kunitconfig?
> -=======================
> -
> -It's just a defconfig that kunit_tool looks for in the build directory
> -(``.kunit`` by default).  kunit_tool uses it to generate a .config as you might
> -expect. In addition, it verifies that the generated .config contains the CONFIG
> -options in the .kunitconfig; the reason it does this is so that it is easy to
> -be sure that a CONFIG that enables a test actually ends up in the .config.
> -
> -It's also possible to pass a separate .kunitconfig fragment to kunit_tool,
> -which is useful if you have several different groups of tests you wish
> -to run independently, or if you want to use pre-defined test configs for
> -certain subsystems.
> -
> -Getting Started with kunit_tool
> -===============================
> -
> -If a kunitconfig is present at the root directory, all you have to do is:
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run
> -
> -However, you most likely want to use it with the following options:
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --timeout=30 --jobs=`nproc --all`
> -
> -- ``--timeout`` sets a maximum amount of time to allow tests to run.
> -- ``--jobs`` sets the number of threads to use to build the kernel.
> -
> -.. note::
> -       This command will work even without a .kunitconfig file: if no
> -       .kunitconfig is present, a default one will be used instead.
> -
> -If you wish to use a different .kunitconfig file (such as one provided for
> -testing a particular subsystem), you can pass it as an option.
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kunitconfig=fs/ext4/.kunitconfig
> -
> -For a list of all the flags supported by kunit_tool, you can run:
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --help
> -
> -Configuring, Building, and Running Tests
> -========================================
> -
> -It's also possible to run just parts of the KUnit build process independently,
> -which is useful if you want to make manual changes to part of the process.
> -
> -A .config can be generated from a .kunitconfig by using the ``config`` argument
> -when running kunit_tool:
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py config
> -
> -Similarly, if you just want to build a KUnit kernel from the current .config,
> -you can use the ``build`` argument:
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py build
> -
> -And, if you already have a built UML kernel with built-in KUnit tests, you can
> -run the kernel and display the test results with the ``exec`` argument:
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py exec
> -
> -The ``run`` command which is discussed above is equivalent to running all three
> -of these in sequence.
> -
> -All of these commands accept a number of optional command-line arguments. The
> -``--help`` flag will give a complete list of these, or keep reading this page
> -for a guide to some of the more useful ones.
> -
> -Parsing Test Results
> -====================
> -
> -KUnit tests output their results in TAP (Test Anything Protocol) format.
> -kunit_tool will, when running tests, parse this output and print a summary
> -which is much more pleasant to read. If you wish to look at the raw test
> -results in TAP format, you can pass the ``--raw_output`` argument.
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --raw_output
> -
> -The raw output from test runs may contain other, non-KUnit kernel log
> -lines. You can see just KUnit output with ``--raw_output=kunit``:
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --raw_output=kunit
> -
> -If you have KUnit results in their raw TAP format, you can parse them and print
> -the human-readable summary with the ``parse`` command for kunit_tool. This
> -accepts a filename for an argument, or will read from standard input.
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       # Reading from a file
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py parse /var/log/dmesg
> -       # Reading from stdin
> -       dmesg | ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py parse
> -
> -This is very useful if you wish to run tests in a configuration not supported
> -by kunit_tool (such as on real hardware, or an unsupported architecture).
> -
> -Filtering Tests
> -===============
> -
> -It's possible to run only a subset of the tests built into a kernel by passing
> -a filter to the ``exec`` or ``run`` commands. For example, if you only wanted
> -to run KUnit resource tests, you could use:
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run 'kunit-resource*'
> -
> -This uses the standard glob format for wildcards.
> -
> -Running Tests on QEMU
> -=====================
> -
> -kunit_tool supports running tests on QEMU as well as via UML (as mentioned
> -elsewhere). The default way of running tests on QEMU requires two flags:
> -
> -``--arch``
> -       Selects a collection of configs (Kconfig as well as QEMU configs
> -       options, etc) that allow KUnit tests to be run on the specified
> -       architecture in a minimal way; this is usually not much slower than
> -       using UML. The architecture argument is the same as the name of the
> -       option passed to the ``ARCH`` variable used by Kbuild. Not all
> -       architectures are currently supported by this flag, but can be handled
> -       by the ``--qemu_config`` discussed later. If ``um`` is passed (or this
> -       this flag is ignored) the tests will run via UML. Non-UML architectures,
> -       e.g. i386, x86_64, arm, um, etc. Non-UML run on QEMU.
> -
> -``--cross_compile``
> -       Specifies the use of a toolchain by Kbuild. The argument passed here is
> -       the same passed to the ``CROSS_COMPILE`` variable used by Kbuild. As a
> -       reminder this will be the prefix for the toolchain binaries such as gcc
> -       for example ``sparc64-linux-gnu-`` if you have the sparc toolchain
> -       installed on your system, or
> -       ``$HOME/toolchains/microblaze/gcc-9.2.0-nolibc/microblaze-linux/bin/microblaze-linux-``
> -       if you have downloaded the microblaze toolchain from the 0-day website
> -       to a directory in your home directory called ``toolchains``.
> -
> -In many cases it is likely that you may want to run an architecture which is
> -not supported by the ``--arch`` flag, or you may want to just run KUnit tests
> -on QEMU using a non-default configuration. For this use case, you can write
> -your own QemuConfig. These QemuConfigs are written in Python. They must have an
> -import line ``from ..qemu_config import QemuArchParams`` at the top of the file
> -and the file must contain a variable called ``QEMU_ARCH`` that has an instance
> -of ``QemuArchParams`` assigned to it. An example can be seen in
> -``tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py``.
> -
> -Once you have a QemuConfig you can pass it into kunit_tool using the
> -``--qemu_config`` flag; when used this flag replaces the ``--arch`` flag. If we
> -were to do this with the ``x86_64.py`` example from above, the invocation would
> -look something like this:
> -
> -.. code-block:: bash
> -
> -       ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run \
> -               --timeout=60 \
> -               --jobs=12 \
> -               --qemu_config=./tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py
> -
> -Other Useful Options
> -====================
> -
> -kunit_tool has a number of other command-line arguments which can be useful
> -when adapting it to fit your environment or needs.
> -
> -Some of the more useful ones are:
> -
> -``--help``
> -       Lists all of the available options. Note that different commands
> -       (``config``, ``build``, ``run``, etc) will have different supported
> -       options. Place ``--help`` before the command to list common options,
> -       and after the command for options specific to that command.
> -
> -``--build_dir``
> -       Specifies the build directory that kunit_tool will use. This is where
> -       the .kunitconfig file is located, as well as where the .config and
> -       compiled kernel will be placed. Defaults to ``.kunit``.
> -
> -``--make_options``
> -       Specifies additional options to pass to ``make`` when compiling a
> -       kernel (with the ``build`` or ``run`` commands). For example, to enable
> -       compiler warnings, you can pass ``--make_options W=1``.
> -
> -``--alltests``
> -        Builds a UML kernel with all config options enabled using ``make
> -        allyesconfig``. This allows you to run as many tests as is possible,
> -        but is very slow and prone to breakage as new options are added or
> -        modified. In most cases, enabling all tests which have satisfied
> -        dependencies by adding ``CONFIG_KUNIT_ALL_TESTS=1`` to your
> -        .kunitconfig is preferable.
> -
> -There are several other options (and new ones are often added), so do check
> -``--help`` if you're looking for something not mentioned here.
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_wrapper.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_wrapper.rst
> index a1070def284f..518cf87ea732 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_wrapper.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/run_wrapper.rst
> @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
>  .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>
> -=========================
> -Run Tests with kunit_tool
> -=========================
> +=============================
> +Running tests with kunit_tool
> +=============================
>
>  We can either run KUnit tests using kunit_tool or can run tests
>  manually, and then use kunit_tool to parse the results. To run tests
> @@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ To view kunit_tool flags (optional command-line arguments), run:
>
>         ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --help
>
> -Create a  ``.kunitconfig`` File
> -===============================
> +Creating a ``.kunitconfig`` file
> +================================
>
>  If we want to run a specific set of tests (rather than those listed
>  in the KUnit ``defconfig``), we can provide Kconfig options in the
> @@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ have not included the options dependencies.
>     The build dir needs to be set for ``make menuconfig`` to
>     work, therefore  by default use ``make O=.kunit menuconfig``.
>
> -Configure, Build, and Run Tests
> -===============================
> +Configuring, building, and running tests
> +========================================
>
>  If we want to make manual changes to the KUnit build process, we
>  can run part of the KUnit build process independently.
> @@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ argument:
>
>         ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py exec
>
> -The ``run`` command discussed in section: **Run Tests with kunit_tool**,
> +The ``run`` command discussed in section: **Running tests with kunit_tool**,
>  is equivalent to running the above three commands in sequence.
>
> -Parse Test Results
> -==================
> +Parsing test results
> +====================
>
>  KUnit tests output displays results in TAP (Test Anything Protocol)
>  format. When running tests, kunit_tool parses this output and prints
> @@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ standard input.
>         # Reading from stdin
>         dmesg | ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py parse
>
> -Run Selected Test Suites
> -========================
> +Filtering tests
> +===============
>
>  By passing a bash style glob filter to the ``exec`` or ``run``
>  commands, we can run a subset of the tests built into a kernel . For
> @@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ This uses the standard glob format with wildcard characters.
>
>  .. _kunit-on-qemu:
>
> -Run Tests on qemu
> -=================
> +Running tests on QEMU
> +=====================
>
>  kunit_tool supports running tests on  qemu as well as
>  via UML. To run tests on qemu, by default it requires two flags:
> @@ -231,8 +231,8 @@ as
>                 --jobs=12 \
>                 --qemu_config=./tools/testing/kunit/qemu_configs/x86_64.py
>
> -Command-Line Arguments
> -======================
> +Running command-line arguments
> +==============================
>
>  kunit_tool has a number of other command-line arguments which can
>  be useful for our test environment. Below are the most commonly used
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
> index 867a4bba6bf6..e730df1f468e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
> @@ -254,7 +254,5 @@ Next Steps
>      examples.
>  *   Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/api/index.rst - KUnit APIs
>      used for testing.
> -*   Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst - kunit_tool helper
> -    script.
>  *   Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/faq.rst - KUnit common questions and
>      answers.
> --
> 2.37.2
>

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