Re: [PATCH 2/2] kunit: Use the static key in kunit_fail_current_test()

From: Kees Cook
Date: Fri Oct 21 2022 - 10:16:56 EST


On October 21, 2022 12:28:55 AM PDT, David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Speed up the case where kunit_fail_current_test() is called when no test
>is running. This should make it convenient for code to call this
>unconditionally in some error paths, without fear of causing a
>performance problem.

A third patch showing these cases may help in understanding the utility. I get it, but I lack imagination on where/why they would be added. :)

>
>If CONFIG_KUNIT=n, this compiles away to nothing. If CONFIG_KUNIT=y, it
>will compile down to a NOP (on most architectures) if no KUnit test is
>currently running. kunit_fail_current_test() does not work if KUnit
>itself is built as a module, though this is a pre-existing limitation.
>
>Note that the definition of kunit_fail_current_test() still wraps an
>empty, inline function if KUnit is not built-in. This is to ensure that
>the printf format string __attribute__ will still work.
>
>Signed-off-by: David Gow <davidgow@xxxxxxxxxx>
>---
> include/kunit/test-bug.h | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/include/kunit/test-bug.h b/include/kunit/test-bug.h
>index 5fc58081d511..ba9558a9f9c0 100644
>--- a/include/kunit/test-bug.h
>+++ b/include/kunit/test-bug.h
>@@ -9,16 +9,29 @@
> #ifndef _KUNIT_TEST_BUG_H
> #define _KUNIT_TEST_BUG_H
>
>-#define kunit_fail_current_test(fmt, ...) \
>- __kunit_fail_current_test(__FILE__, __LINE__, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>-
> #if IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_KUNIT)
>
>+#include <linux/jump_label.h> /* For static branch */
>+
>+/* Static key if KUnit is running any tests. */
>+extern struct static_key_false kunit_running;
>+
>+#define kunit_fail_current_test(fmt, ...) do { \
>+ if (static_branch_unlikely(&kunit_running)) { \

This trailing { should be dropped.

>+ __kunit_fail_current_test(__FILE__, __LINE__, \
>+ fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); \

Or a closing one added here. (The {}s are unbalanced, as 0day complained about.)

>+ } while (0)
>+
>+
> extern __printf(3, 4) void __kunit_fail_current_test(const char *file, int line,
> const char *fmt, ...);
>
> #else
>
>+/* We define this with an empty helper function so format string warnings work */
>+#define kunit_fail_current_test(fmt, ...) \
>+ __kunit_fail_current_test(__FILE__, __LINE__, fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
>+
> static inline __printf(3, 4) void __kunit_fail_current_test(const char *file, int line,
> const char *fmt, ...)
> {


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Kees Cook