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Simon Glass e3708e22ca test: Add a flag to emit per-test result lines
The ut command shows test output but does not provide a machine-readable
indication of whether each individual test passed or failed. External
tools must rely on heuristics like scanning for failure patterns in the
output.

Add a -E flag that emits an explicit result line after each test:
  Result: PASS: test_name: file.c
  Result: FAIL: test_name: file.c

This allows tools to reliably determine per-test pass/fail status
without fragile pattern matching. The flag is optional to maintain
backward compatibility with existing scripts.

Co-developed-by: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <simon.glass@canonical.com>
2025-12-29 16:18:51 +00:00

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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+:
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single: ut (command)
ut command
==========
Synopsis
--------
::
ut [-Efmr<runs>] [-R] [-I<n>:<one_test>] [<suite> | all [<test>]] [<args>...]
ut [-s] info
Description
-----------
The ut command runs unit tests written in C.
suite
Specifies the suite to run, This can be a single suite, or a comma-separated
list
test
Speciifes a particular test to run, within a suite, or all suites
-E
Emit a result line after each test, in the format
`Result: PASS|FAIL|SKIP: <test_name>: <file>`. This is useful for
automated parsing of test results.
-f, -m
Force running of manual tests. Manual tests have the `_norun` suffix and
are normally skipped because they require external setup (e.g., creating
disk images from Python/pytest).
-r <n>
Specifies the number of times to run each test
-I <n>:<one_test>
Test to run after <n> other tests have run. This is used to find which test
causes another test to fail. If the one test fails, testing stops
immediately.
-R
Preserve console recording on test failure. Normally when a test fails,
console recording is disabled so error messages go directly to output.
This flag keeps recording enabled, which is useful when testing the test
framework itself.
args
Optional arguments to pass to the test, in `name=value` format. These are
used by tests declared with `UNIT_TEST_ARGS()` which define expected
argument names and types. See :ref:`develop/tests_writing:passing arguments
to c tests` for details.
Typically the command is run on :ref:`arch/sandbox/sandbox:sandbox` since it
includes a near-complete set of emulators, no code-size limits, many CONFIG
options enabled and runs easily in CI without needing QEMU. It is also possible
to run some tests on real boards.
Each test is normally run once, although those marked with `UTF_DM` are
run with livetree and flattree where possible. To run a test more than once,
use the `-r` flag.
Manual tests are normally skipped by this command. Use `-f` to run them. See
:ref:`develop/tests_writing:mixing python and c` for more information on manual
tests.
When running unit tests, some may have side effects which cause a subsequent
test to break. This can sometimes be seen when using 'ut dm' or similar. To
fix this, select the 'one' test which breaks. Then tell the 'ut' command to
run this one test after a certain number of other tests have run. Using a
binary search method with `-I` you can quickly figure one which test is causing
the problem.
Generally all tests in the suite are run. To run just a single test from the
suite, provide the <test> argument.
To specify a list of suites to run, <suites> can also be a comma-separated list.
See :ref:`develop/tests_writing:writing c tests` for more information on how to
write unit tests.
ut all
~~~~~~
Instead of a suite name 'all' may be used to run all tests.
ut info
~~~~~~~
This provides information about the total number of suites and tests. Use the
`-s` flag to show a detailed list of suites.
Example
-------
Show information about tests::
=> ut info
Test suites: 23
Total tests: 833
List available unit-test suites::
=> ut info -s
Test suites: 23
Total tests: 833
Tests Suite Purpose
----- ------------ -------------------------
1 addrmap very basic test of addrmap command
4 bdinfo bdinfo (board info) command
14 bloblist bloblist implementation
7 bootm bootm command
66 bootstd standard boot implementation
2 cmd various commands
14 common tests for common/ directory
502 dm driver model
6 env environment
1 exit shell exit and variables
19 fdt fdt command
10 fdt_overlay device tree overlays
1 font font command
20 hush hush behaviour
115 lib library functions
2 loadm loadm command parameters and loading memory blob
18 log logging functions
1 mbr mbr command
1 measurement TPM-based measured boot
13 mem memory-related commands
1 pci_mps PCI Express Maximum Payload Size
11 setexpr setexpr command
4 upl Universal payload support
Run one of the suites::
=> ut common
Running 14 common tests
Test: cli_ch_test: cread.c
Test: cread_test: cread.c
Test: dm_test_cyclic_running: cyclic.c
Test: print_display_buffer: print.c
Test: print_do_hex_dump: print.c
Test: print_efi_ut: print.c
Test: print_guid: print.c
Test: print_hexdump_line: print.c
Test: print_printf: print.c
Test: snprint: print.c
Test: test_autoboot: test_autoboot.c
Enter password "a" in 1 seconds to stop autoboot
Enter password "a" in 1 seconds to stop autoboot
Enter password "a" in 1 seconds to stop autoboot
Enter password "a" in 1 seconds to stop autoboot
Enter password "a" in 1 seconds to stop autoboot
Enter password "a" in 1 seconds to stop autoboot
Autoboot password unlock not successful
Test: test_event_base: event.c
Test: test_event_probe: event.c
Test: test_event_probe: event.c (flat tree)
Test: test_event_simple: event.c
Tests run: 14, 2611 ms, average 186 ms, skipped: 2, failures: 0
Run just a single test in a suite::
=> ut fdt_overlay change_int_property
Test: fdt_overlay_init: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Test: change_int_property: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Tests run: 2, 0 ms, average 0 ms, failures: 0
Run a selection of three suites::
=> ut bloblist,mem,fdt_overlay
Running 14 bloblist tests
Test: align: bloblist.c
Test: bad_blob: bloblist.c
Test: blob: bloblist.c
Test: blob_ensure: bloblist.c
Test: blob_maxsize: bloblist.c
Test: checksum: bloblist.c
Test: cmd_info: bloblist.c
Test: cmd_list: bloblist.c
Test: grow: bloblist.c
Test: init: bloblist.c
Test: reloc: bloblist.c
Test: resize_fail: bloblist.c
Test: resize_last: bloblist.c
Test: shrink: bloblist.c
Tests run: 14, 1 ms, average: 0 ms, failures: 0
Running 13 mem tests
Test: cp_b: mem_copy.c
Test: cp_l: mem_copy.c
Test: cp_q: mem_copy.c
Test: cp_w: mem_copy.c
Test: ms_b: mem_search.c
Test: ms_cont: mem_search.c
Test: ms_cont_end: mem_search.c
Test: ms_l: mem_search.c
Test: ms_limit: mem_search.c
Test: ms_mult: mem_search.c
Test: ms_quiet: mem_search.c
Test: ms_s: mem_search.c
Test: ms_w: mem_search.c
Tests run: 13, 13 ms, average: 1 ms, failures: 0
Running 10 fdt_overlay tests
Test: fdt_overlay_init: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Test: add_node_by_path: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Test: add_node_by_phandle: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Test: add_str_property: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Test: add_subnode_property: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Test: change_int_property: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Test: change_str_property: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Test: local_phandle: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Test: local_phandles: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Test: stacked: cmd_ut_fdt_overlay.c
Tests run: 10, 12 ms, average: 1 ms, failures: 0
Suites run: 3, total tests run: 37, 26 ms, average: 0 ms, failures: 0
Average test time: 0 ms, worst case 'mem' took 1 ms
Run a test with arguments (used by tests declared with UNIT_TEST_ARGS)::
=> ut -f fs fs_test_ls_norun fs_type=ext4 fs_image=/tmp/img small=1MB.file