Currently in order to test a static function, tests must be included in the same translation unit as the function. However, this can cause issues with including implementation and test code in the same file. As an alternative, the first patch in this series creates a macro that will set a function to be static or not depending on whether CONFIG_KUNIT is enabled. This allows the function to be visible during testing and static otherwise.
As an example, the current status quo to test static functions is:
=== test.c ===
static void test_case(struct kunit *test) { KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(test, my_func_to_test(), 2); }
Then the tests are included in the implementation file as a workaround to the issue of testing static functions:
=== implementation.c ===
static int my_func_to_test() {...} ... #include "test.c"
Instead, the function could be defined with this new macro:
=== implementation.c ===
VISIBLE_IF_KUNIT int my_func_to_test() {...}
The first patch also creates a macro that will export a symbol into a kunit testing namespace only if CONFIG_KUNIT is enabled. This follows the logic above and allows symbols to be conditionally exported based on the testing status.
The second patch in the series updates the policy_unpack test in AppArmor to show an example of how to use both of these macros in order to address the issue of testing static functions. Additionally, the patch allows the policy_unpack test to be built as a module.
Changes since v2: - Add mention of namespacing symbols to the commit message of the second patch. - Change module name in the second patch from policy_unpack_test to apparmor_policy_unpack_test.
Changes since v1: - Changed the namespace of exported symbols for the apparmor policy_unpack_test by adding the aa_ prefix. - Separated the documentation comments for macros in include/kunit/visibility.h. - Changed copyright date and author for include/kunit/visibility.h.
Rae Moar (2): kunit: add macro to allow conditionally exposing static symbols to tests apparmor: test: make static symbols visible during kunit testing
include/kunit/visibility.h | 33 +++ security/apparmor/Kconfig | 4 +- security/apparmor/Makefile | 3 + security/apparmor/include/policy_unpack.h | 50 +++++ security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c | 238 ++++++++++------------ security/apparmor/policy_unpack_test.c | 69 ++++--- 6 files changed, 229 insertions(+), 168 deletions(-) create mode 100644 include/kunit/visibility.h
base-commit: 0f08f3e2a0186dfb8e33cb46105228eb18448a0e