Re: [PATCH 0/2] printf: convert self-test to KUnit

From: Rasmus Villemoes
Date: Thu Feb 06 2025 - 04:27:19 EST


On Tue, 4 Feb 2025 at 20:36, Tamir Duberstein <tamird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This is one of just 3 remaining "Test Module" kselftests (the others
> being bitmap and scanf), the rest having been converted to KUnit.
>
> I tested this using:
>
> $ tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --arch arm64 --make_options LLVM=1 printf
>
> I have also sent out a series converting scanf[0].
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250204-scanf-kunit-convert-v3-0-386d7c3ee714@xxxxxxxxx/T/#u [0]
>

Sorry, but NAK, not in this form.

Please read the previous threads to understand what is wrong with this
mechanical approach. Not only is it wrong, it also actively makes the
test suite much less useful.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/f408efbd-10f7-f1dd-9baa-0f1233cafffc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/876cc862-56f1-7330-f988-0248bec2fbad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/0ab618c7-8c5c-00ae-8e08-0c1b99f3bf5c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

I think the previous attempt was close to something acceptable (around
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/57976ff4-7845-d721-ced1-1fe439000a9b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/),
but I don't know what happened to it.

Rasmus