[PATCH v2 3/3] rust: doctest: generate Rust kunit test suites

From: Gary Guo

Date: Wed Sep 02 2026 - 18:13:02 EST


For doctest, instead of generating C FFI functions, generate a Rust test
suite with `#[kunit_tests]` and `#[test]` attributes. This makes the C glue
no longer needed.

Reviewed-by: David Gow <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
rust/Makefile | 4 +--
scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs | 69 ++++++---------------------------------------
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
index da1a7409d984..ec8c08ee3263 100644
--- a/rust/Makefile
+++ b/rust/Makefile
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RUST) += exports.o
always-$(CONFIG_RUST) += host/libproc_macro2.rlib host/libquote.rlib host/libsyn.rlib

always-$(CONFIG_RUST_KERNEL_DOCTESTS) += doctests_kernel_generated.rs
-always-$(CONFIG_RUST_KERNEL_DOCTESTS) += doctests_kernel_generated_kunit.c

obj-$(CONFIG_RUST_KERNEL_DOCTESTS) += doctests_kernel_generated.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_RUST_KERNEL_DOCTESTS) += doctests_kernel_generated_kunit.o

always-$(subst y,$(CONFIG_RUST),$(CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL)) += kernel/generated_arch_static_branch_asm.rs
ifndef CONFIG_UML
@@ -400,7 +398,7 @@ quiet_cmd_rustdoc_test_kernel = RUSTDOC TK $<
$< $(rustdoc_test_kernel_quiet); \
$(objtree)/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen

-%/doctests_kernel_generated.rs %/doctests_kernel_generated_kunit.c: \
+%/doctests_kernel_generated.rs: \
$(src)/kernel/lib.rs $(obj)/kernel.o \
$(objtree)/scripts/rustdoc_test_builder \
$(objtree)/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen FORCE
diff --git a/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs b/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs
index bb870f83dde2..068ecdb0845d 100644
--- a/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs
+++ b/scripts/rustdoc_test_gen.rs
@@ -125,9 +125,7 @@ fn main() {
// Sort paths.
paths.sort();

- let mut rust_tests = String::new();
- let mut c_test_declarations = String::new();
- let mut c_test_cases = String::new();
+ let mut tests = String::new();
let mut body = String::new();
let mut last_file = String::new();
let mut number = 0;
@@ -172,10 +170,10 @@ fn main() {

use std::fmt::Write;
write!(
- rust_tests,
+ tests,
r#"/// Generated `{name}` KUnit test case from a Rust documentation test.
-#[no_mangle]
-pub extern "C" fn {kunit_name}(__kunit_test: *mut ::kernel::bindings::kunit) {{
+#[test]
+fn {kunit_name}() {{
// Overrides the usual [`file!`] macro with one that expands to the real path.
#[allow(unused)]
macro_rules! file {{
@@ -190,26 +188,6 @@ macro_rules! line {{
() => {{ const {{ ::core::line!() - __DOCTEST_ANCHOR + {line} }} }}
}}

- /// Overrides the usual [`assert!`] macro with one that calls KUnit instead.
- #[allow(unused)]
- macro_rules! assert {{
- ($cond:expr $(,)?) => {{{{
- ::kernel::kunit_assert!(
- "{kunit_name}", $cond
- );
- }}}}
- }}
-
- /// Overrides the usual [`assert_eq!`] macro with one that calls KUnit instead.
- #[allow(unused)]
- macro_rules! assert_eq {{
- ($left:expr, $right:expr $(,)?) => {{{{
- ::kernel::kunit_assert_eq!(
- "{kunit_name}", $left, $right
- );
- }}}}
- }}
-
// Many tests need the prelude, so provide it by default.
#[allow(unused)]
use ::kernel::prelude::*;
@@ -238,14 +216,9 @@ macro_rules! assert_eq {{
"#
)
.unwrap();
-
- write!(c_test_declarations, "void {kunit_name}(struct kunit *);\n").unwrap();
- write!(c_test_cases, " KUNIT_CASE({kunit_name}),\n").unwrap();
}

- let rust_tests = rust_tests.trim();
- let c_test_declarations = c_test_declarations.trim();
- let c_test_cases = c_test_cases.trim();
+ let tests = tests.trim();

write!(
BufWriter::new(File::create("rust/doctests_kernel_generated.rs").unwrap()),
@@ -271,34 +244,10 @@ impl ModuleMetadata for LocalModule {{
}};
}}

-{rust_tests}
-"#
- )
- .unwrap();
-
- write!(
- BufWriter::new(File::create("rust/doctests_kernel_generated_kunit.c").unwrap()),
- r#"/*
- * `kernel` crate documentation tests.
- */
-
-#include <kunit/test.h>
-
-{c_test_declarations}
-
-static struct kunit_case test_cases[] = {{
- {c_test_cases}
- {{ }}
-}};
-
-static struct kunit_suite test_suite = {{
- .name = "rust_doctests_kernel",
- .test_cases = test_cases,
-}};
-
-kunit_test_suite(test_suite);
-
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+#[kernel::macros::kunit_tests(rust_doctests_kernel)]
+mod tests {{
+{tests}
+}}
"#
)
.unwrap();

--
2.54.0