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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+Testing
+=======
+
+This document contains useful information how to test the Rust code in the
+kernel.
+
+There are three sorts of tests:
+
+- The KUnit tests.
+- The ``#[test]`` tests.
+- The Kselftests.
+
+The KUnit tests
+---------------
+
+These are the tests that come from the examples in the Rust documentation. They
+get transformed into KUnit tests.
+
+Usage
+*****
+
+These tests can be run via KUnit. For example via ``kunit_tool`` (``kunit.py``)
+on the command line::
+
+ ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --make_options LLVM=1 --arch x86_64 --kconfig_add CONFIG_RUST=y
+
+Alternatively, KUnit can run them as kernel built-in at boot. Refer to
+Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/index.rst for the general KUnit documentation
+and Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/architecture.rst for the details of kernel
+built-in vs. command line testing.
+
+To use these KUnit doctests, the following must be enabled::
+
+ CONFIG_KUNIT
+ Kernel hacking -> Kernel Testing and Coverage -> KUnit - Enable support for unit tests
+ CONFIG_RUST_KERNEL_DOCTESTS
+ Kernel hacking -> Rust hacking -> Doctests for the `kernel` crate
+
+in the kernel config system.
+
+KUnit tests are documentation tests
+***********************************
+
+These documentation tests are typically examples of usage of any item (e.g.
+function, struct, module...).
+
+They are very convenient because they are just written alongside the
+documentation. For instance:
+
+.. code-block:: rust
+
+ /// Sums two numbers.
+ ///
+ /// ```
+ /// assert_eq!(mymod::f(10, 20), 30);
+ /// ```
+ pub fn f(a: i32, b: i32) -> i32 {
+ a + b
+ }
+
+In userspace, the tests are collected and run via ``rustdoc``. Using the tool
+as-is would be useful already, since it allows verifying that examples compile
+(thus enforcing they are kept in sync with the code they document) and as well
+as running those that do not depend on in-kernel APIs.
+
+For the kernel, however, these tests get transformed into KUnit test suites.
+This means that doctests get compiled as Rust kernel objects, allowing them to
+run against a built kernel.
+
+A benefit of this KUnit integration is that Rust doctests get to reuse existing
+testing facilities. For instance, the kernel log would look like::
+
+ KTAP version 1
+ 1..1
+ KTAP version 1
+ # Subtest: rust_doctests_kernel
+ 1..59
+ # rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_0.location: rust/kernel/build_assert.rs:13
+ ok 1 rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_0
+ # rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_1.location: rust/kernel/build_assert.rs:56
+ ok 2 rust_doctest_kernel_build_assert_rs_1
+ # rust_doctest_kernel_init_rs_0.location: rust/kernel/init.rs:122
+ ok 3 rust_doctest_kernel_init_rs_0
+ ...
+ # rust_doctest_kernel_types_rs_2.location: rust/kernel/types.rs:150
+ ok 59 rust_doctest_kernel_types_rs_2
+ # rust_doctests_kernel: pass:59 fail:0 skip:0 total:59
+ # Totals: pass:59 fail:0 skip:0 total:59
+ ok 1 rust_doctests_kernel
+
+Tests using the `? <https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/expressions/operator-expr.html#the-question-mark-operator>`_
+operator are also supported as usual, e.g.:
+
+.. code-block:: rust
+
+ /// ```
+ /// # use kernel::{spawn_work_item, workqueue};
+ /// spawn_work_item!(workqueue::system(), || pr_info!("x\n"))?;
+ /// # Ok::<(), Error>(())
+ /// ```
+
+The tests are also compiled with Clippy under ``CLIPPY=1``, just like normal
+code, thus also benefitting from extra linting.
+
+In order for developers to easily see which line of doctest code caused a
+failure, a KTAP diagnostic line is printed to the log. This contains the
+location (file and line) of the original test (i.e. instead of the location in
+the generated Rust file)::
+
+ # rust_doctest_kernel_types_rs_2.location: rust/kernel/types.rs:150
+
+Rust tests appear to assert using the usual ``assert!`` and ``assert_eq!``
+macros from the Rust standard library (``core``). We provide a custom version
+that forwards the call to KUnit instead. Importantly, these macros do not
+require passing context, unlike those for KUnit testing (i.e.
+``struct kunit *``). This makes them easier to use, and readers of the
+documentation do not need to care about which testing framework is used. In
+addition, it may allow us to test third-party code more easily in the future.
+
+A current limitation is that KUnit does not support assertions in other tasks.
+Thus, we presently simply print an error to the kernel log if an assertion
+actually failed. Additionally, doctests are not run for nonpublic functions.
+
+Since these tests are examples, i.e. they are part of the documentation, they
+should generally be written like "real code". Thus, for example, instead of
+using ``unwrap()`` or ``expect()``, use the ``?`` operator. For more background,
+please see:
+
+ https://rust.docs.kernel.org/kernel/error/type.Result.html#error-codes-in-c-and-rust
+
+The ``#[test]`` tests
+---------------------
+
+Additionally, there are the ``#[test]`` tests. Like for documentation tests,
+these are also fairly similar to what you would expect from userspace, and they
+are also mapped to KUnit.
+
+These tests are introduced by the ``kunit_tests`` procedural macro, which takes
+the name of the test suite as an argument.
+
+Each test suite should be guarded by a Kconfig option in
+``rust/kernel/Kconfig.test``.
+
+For instance, assume we want to test the function ``f`` from the documentation
+tests section. We could write, in the same file where we have our function:
+
+.. code-block:: rust
+
+ #[cfg(CONFIG_RUST_MYMOD_KUNIT_TEST)]
+ #[kunit_tests(rust_kernel_mymod)]
+ mod tests {
+ use super::*;
+
+ #[test]
+ fn test_f() {
+ assert_eq!(f(10, 20), 30);
+ }
+ }
+
+And if we run it, the kernel log would look like::
+
+ KTAP version 1
+ # Subtest: rust_kernel_mymod
+ # speed: normal
+ 1..1
+ # test_f.speed: normal
+ ok 1 test_f
+ ok 1 rust_kernel_mymod
+
+Like documentation tests, the ``assert!`` and ``assert_eq!`` macros are mapped
+back to KUnit and do not panic. Similarly, the
+`? <https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/expressions/operator-expr.html#the-question-mark-operator>`_
+operator is supported, i.e. the test functions may return either nothing (i.e.
+the unit type ``()``) or ``Result`` (i.e. any ``Result<T, E>``). For instance:
+
+.. code-block:: rust
+
+ #[cfg(CONFIG_RUST_MYMOD_KUNIT_TEST)]
+ #[kunit_tests(rust_kernel_mymod)]
+ mod tests {
+ use super::*;
+
+ #[test]
+ fn test_g() -> Result {
+ let x = g()?;
+ assert_eq!(x, 30);
+ Ok(())
+ }
+ }
+
+If we run the test and the call to ``g`` fails, then the kernel log would show::
+
+ KTAP version 1
+ # Subtest: rust_kernel_mymod
+ # speed: normal
+ 1..1
+ # test_g: ASSERTION FAILED at rust/kernel/lib.rs:335
+ Expected is_test_result_ok(test_g()) to be true, but is false
+ # test_g.speed: normal
+ not ok 1 test_g
+ not ok 1 rust_kernel_mymod
+
+If a ``#[test]`` test could be useful as an example for the user, then please
+use a documentation test instead. Even edge cases of an API, e.g. error or
+boundary cases, can be interesting to show in examples.
+
+The ``rusttest`` host tests
+---------------------------
+
+These are userspace tests that can be built and run in the host (i.e. the one
+that performs the kernel build) using the ``rusttest`` Make target::
+
+ make LLVM=1 rusttest
+
+This requires the kernel ``.config``.
+
+Currently, they are mostly used for testing the ``macros`` crate's examples.
+
+The Kselftests
+--------------
+
+Kselftests are also available in the ``tools/testing/selftests/rust`` folder.
+
+The kernel config options required for the tests are listed in the
+``tools/testing/selftests/rust/config`` file and can be included with the aid
+of the ``merge_config.sh`` script::
+
+ ./scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh .config tools/testing/selftests/rust/config
+
+The kselftests are built within the kernel source tree and are intended to
+be executed on a system that is running the same kernel.
+
+Once a kernel matching the source tree has been installed and booted, the
+tests can be compiled and executed using the following command::
+
+ make TARGETS="rust" kselftest
+
+Refer to Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst for the general Kselftest
+documentation.