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Date:   Sat, 25 Mar 2023 07:28:12 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/2] kunit: Add APIs for managing devices
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On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 12:31:04PM +0800, David Gow wrote:
> Tests for drivers often require a struct device to pass to other
> functions. While it's possible to create these with
> root_device_register(), or to use something like a platform device, this
> is both a misuse of those APIs, and can be difficult to clean up after,
> for example, a failed assertion.
> 
> Add two KUnit-specific functions for registering and unregistering a
> struct device:
> - kunit_device_register()
> - kunit_device_unregister()
> 
> These behave similarly to root_device_register() and
> root_device_unregister() except:
> - They take a struct kunit pointer with a test context.
> - They do not create a root device directory in sysfs.

But they show up in the root directory in sysfs, in /sys/devices/ which
is not a good place to be.  Why not make them part of a class, perhaps
called 'kunit', so that they will be in a contained place?

thanks,

greg k-h