Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] kunit: Add APIs for managing devices

[Maxime Ripard]

Hi,

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 12:31:04PM +0800, David Gow wrote:
> Tests for drivers often require a struct device to pass to other
> functions. While it's possible to create these with
> root_device_register(), or to use something like a platform device, this
> is both a misuse of those APIs, and can be difficult to clean up after,
> for example, a failed assertion.
> 
> Add two KUnit-specific functions for registering and unregistering a
> struct device:
> - kunit_device_register()
> - kunit_device_unregister()

If kunit_device_register() registers an action to clean up after the
test has ran, I'm not sure why do we need kunit_device_unregister()

I guess the typical test would just call kunit_device_register() and
be done with it, right?

Maxime