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On Thu, May 09, 2019 at 05:40:48PM -0600, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> 
> Based on some of the other commenters, I was under the impression that
> kselftests had in-kernel tests but I'm not sure where or if they exist. If
> they do exists, it seems like it would make sense to convert those to kunit
> and have Kunit tests run-able in a VM or baremetal instance.

There are kselftests tests which are shell scripts which load a
module, and the module runs the in-kernel code.  However, I didn't see
much infrastructure for the in-kernel test code; the one or two test
modules called from kselftests looked pretty ad hoc to me.

That's why I used the "vise grips" analogy.  You can use a pair of
vise grips like a monkey wrench; but it's not really a monkey wrench,
and might not be the best tool to loosen or tighten nuts and bolts.

       	   	     	       	   - Ted