Re: [PATCH v2] Documentation: kunit: provide guidance for testing many inputs

[Brendan Higgins]

On Mon, Nov 23, 2020 at 2:59 PM Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> usage.rst goes into a detailed section about faking out classes, but
> currently lacks wording about how one might idiomatically test a range
> of inputs.
>
> Add a new chapter for "Common Patterns" and group "Isolating behvaior"
> and this new section under there.
>
> Give an example of how one might test a hash function via macros/helper
> funcs and a table-driven test and very briefly discuss pros and cons.
>
> Also highlight the KUNIT_EXPECT_*_MSG() variants (that aren't mentioned
> elsewhere [1]) which are particularly useful in these situations.
>
> It is also criminally underused at the moment, only appearing in 2
> tests (both written by people involved in KUnit).
>
> [1] not even on
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/dev-tools/kunit/api/test.html
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx>