linux_dsm_epyc7002/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/kunit-tool.rst
Brendan Higgins 99e51aa8f7 Documentation: kunit: add documentation for kunit_tool
Add documentation for the Python script used to build, run, and collect
results from the kernel known as kunit_tool. kunit_tool
(tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py) was already added in previous commits.

Signed-off-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>
2019-12-09 11:22:01 -07:00

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
=================
kunit_tool How-To
=================
What is kunit_tool?
===================
kunit_tool is a script (``tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py``) that aids in building
the Linux kernel as UML (`User Mode Linux
<http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/>`_), running KUnit tests, parsing
the test results and displaying them in a user friendly manner.
What is a kunitconfig?
======================
It's just a defconfig that kunit_tool looks for in the base directory.
kunit_tool uses it to generate a .config as you might expect. In addition, it
verifies that the generated .config contains the CONFIG options in the
kunitconfig; the reason it does this is so that it is easy to be sure that a
CONFIG that enables a test actually ends up in the .config.
How do I use kunit_tool?
========================
If a kunitconfig is present at the root directory, all you have to do is:
.. code-block:: bash
./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run
However, you most likely want to use it with the following options:
.. code-block:: bash
./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --timeout=30 --jobs=`nproc --all`
- ``--timeout`` sets a maximum amount of time to allow tests to run.
- ``--jobs`` sets the number of threads to use to build the kernel.
If you just want to use the defconfig that ships with the kernel, you can
append the ``--defconfig`` flag as well:
.. code-block:: bash
./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --timeout=30 --jobs=`nproc --all` --defconfig
.. note::
This command is particularly helpful for getting started because it
just works. No kunitconfig needs to be present.
For a list of all the flags supported by kunit_tool, you can run:
.. code-block:: bash
./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --help