From b00db6fd2a301c5057d63c19d596818845c9a603 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Muhammad Usama Anjum Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:27:23 +0500 Subject: [PATCH] selftests: Add information about TAP conformance in tests Although "TAP" word is being used already in documentation, but it hasn't been defined in informative way for developers that how to write TAP conformant tests and what are the benefits. Write a short brief about it. Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan --- Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst index dcf634e411bd..f3766e326d1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst @@ -228,6 +228,13 @@ In general, the rules for selftests are * Don't cause the top-level "make run_tests" to fail if your feature is unconfigured. + * The output of tests must conform to the TAP standard to ensure high + testing quality and to capture failures/errors with specific details. + The kselftest.h and kselftest_harness.h headers provide wrappers for + outputting test results. These wrappers should be used for pass, + fail, exit, and skip messages. CI systems can easily parse TAP output + messages to detect test results. + Contributing new tests (details) ================================