Re: [PATCH linux-kselftest/test v2] Documentation: kunit: fix typos and gramatical errors

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Tue Nov 19 2019 - 19:23:44 EST


On 11/19/19 3:38 PM, Brendan Higgins wrote:
> Fix typos and gramatical errors in the Getting Started and Usage guide
> for KUnit.
>
> Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11156481/
> Reported-by: Rinat Ibragimov <ibragimovrinat@xxxxxxx>
> Link: https://github.com/google/kunit-docs/issues/1
> Signed-off-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks.

> ---
> Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst | 8 ++++----
> Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst | 24 ++++++++++++------------
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
> index f4d9a4fa914f8..9d6db892c41c0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst
> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ For more information on this wrapper (also called kunit_tool) checkout the
>
> Creating a kunitconfig
> ======================
> -The Python script is a thin wrapper around Kbuild as such, it needs to be
> +The Python script is a thin wrapper around Kbuild. As such, it needs to be
> configured with a ``kunitconfig`` file. This file essentially contains the
> regular Kernel config, with the specific test targets as well.
>
> @@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ If everything worked correctly, you should see the following:
> followed by a list of tests that are run. All of them should be passing.
>
> .. note::
> - Because it is building a lot of sources for the first time, the ``Building
> - kunit kernel`` step may take a while.
> + Because it is building a lot of sources for the first time, the
> + ``Building KUnit kernel`` step may take a while.
>
> Writing your first test
> =======================
> @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ Now you can run the test:
>
> .. code-block:: bash
>
> - ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py
> + ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run
>
> You should see the following failure:
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
> index c6e69634e274b..b9a065ab681ee 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/usage.rst
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Organization of this document
> =============================
>
> This document is organized into two main sections: Testing and Isolating
> -Behavior. The first covers what a unit test is and how to use KUnit to write
> +Behavior. The first covers what unit tests are and how to use KUnit to write
> them. The second covers how to use KUnit to isolate code and make it possible
> to unit test code that was otherwise un-unit-testable.
>
> @@ -174,13 +174,13 @@ Test Suites
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Now obviously one unit test isn't very helpful; the power comes from having
> -many test cases covering all of your behaviors. Consequently it is common to
> -have many *similar* tests; in order to reduce duplication in these closely
> -related tests most unit testing frameworks provide the concept of a *test
> -suite*, in KUnit we call it a *test suite*; all it is is just a collection of
> -test cases for a unit of code with a set up function that gets invoked before
> -every test cases and then a tear down function that gets invoked after every
> -test case completes.
> +many test cases covering all of a unit's behaviors. Consequently it is common
> +to have many *similar* tests; in order to reduce duplication in these closely
> +related tests most unit testing frameworks - including KUnit - provide the
> +concept of a *test suite*. A *test suite* is just a collection of test cases
> +for a unit of code with a set up function that gets invoked before every test
> +case and then a tear down function that gets invoked after every test case
> +completes.
>
> Example:
>
> @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ KUnit test framework.
> .. note::
> A test case will only be run if it is associated with a test suite.
>
> -For a more information on these types of things see the :doc:`api/test`.
> +For more information on these types of things see the :doc:`api/test`.
>
> Isolating Behavior
> ==================
> @@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ We can easily test this code by *faking out* the underlying EEPROM:
> return count;
> }
>
> - ssize_t fake_eeprom_write(struct eeprom *this, size_t offset, const char *buffer, size_t count)
> + ssize_t fake_eeprom_write(struct eeprom *parent, size_t offset, const char *buffer, size_t count)
> {
> struct fake_eeprom *this = container_of(parent, struct fake_eeprom, parent);
>
> @@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ KUnit on non-UML architectures
> By default KUnit uses UML as a way to provide dependencies for code under test.
> Under most circumstances KUnit's usage of UML should be treated as an
> implementation detail of how KUnit works under the hood. Nevertheless, there
> -are instances where being able to run architecture specific code, or test
> +are instances where being able to run architecture specific code or test
> against real hardware is desirable. For these reasons KUnit supports running on
> other architectures.
>
> @@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ run your tests on your hardware setup just by compiling for your architecture.
> .. important::
> Always prefer tests that run on UML to tests that only run under a particular
> architecture, and always prefer tests that run under QEMU or another easy
> - (and monitarily free) to obtain software environment to a specific piece of
> + (and monetarily free) to obtain software environment to a specific piece of
> hardware.
>
> Nevertheless, there are still valid reasons to write an architecture or hardware
>


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~Randy