Re: [PATCH] iio: test: fixed-point: new kunit test

From: Matti Vaittinen

Date: Tue Oct 14 2025 - 02:43:58 EST


On 14/10/2025 00:33, David Lechner wrote:
Add a kunit test for iio_str_to_fixpoint(). This function has an
unintuitive API so this is helpful to see how to use it and shows the
various edge cases.

Signed-off-by: David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
When reviewing [1], I noticed that iio_str_to_fixpoint() has an odd API
which lead me to find the bug in [2]. To make sure I was understanding
the API correctly, I wrote a KUnit test for it. So here it is.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/20251009173609.992452-3-flavra@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/20251010-iio-adc-ad7280a-fix-ad7280_store_balance_timer-v1-1-e11746735192@xxxxxxxxxxxx/
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Discussion unrelated to the patch:

I'm also a little tempted to introduce a new function that is a bit
easier to use. Many callers of iio_str_to_fixpoint_s64() are doing
something like int_part * 1000 + fract_part and ignoring the possibility
of negative values which require special handling.

static int iio_str_to_fixpoint_s64(const char *str, u32 decimal_places, s64 *value)
{
int int_part, fract_part;
int ret;

ret = iio_str_to_fixpoint(str, int_pow(10, decimal_places - 1),
&int_part, &fract_part);
if (ret)
return ret;

*value = (s64)int_part * int_pow(10, decimal_places) +
(int_part < 0 ? -1 : 1) * fract_part;

return 0;
}

FWIW: I like this.

---
drivers/iio/test/Kconfig | 13 ++++++++
drivers/iio/test/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/iio/test/iio-test-fixed-point.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 72 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/test/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/test/Kconfig
index 6e65e929791ca247df9ac993fddbb4da557d5dfa..d210067ea59199d342b15bf373e724d0aa2c55a0 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/test/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iio/test/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@

// snip

+static void iio_test_iio_str_to_fixed_point(struct kunit *test)
+{
+ int int_part, fract_part;
+ int ret;
+
+ /* Positive value > 1 */
+ ret = iio_str_to_fixpoint("1.234", 100, &int_part, &fract_part);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, ret);
+ KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, int_part * 1000 + fract_part, 1234);

Do you think doing two checks:
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, int_part, 1);
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, fract_part, 234);

instead of the:
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, int_part * 1000 + fract_part, 1234);

would work? For me seeing it all ass
ret = iio_str_to_fixpoint("1.234", 100, &int_part, &fract_part);
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, 0, ret);
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, int_part, 1);
KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, fract_part, 234);

would be super clear - albeit also a line longer :)
(Same applies to the rest of the cases).

Well, it's not critical, so with or without that change:

Reviewed-by: Matti Vaittinen <mazziesaccount@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Yours,
-- Matti