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Running KUnit Tests for the Kernel You Built

KUnit comes with a runner that configures, builds and boots a small kernel purely to execute tests, then prints a pass-or-fail list. You can run everything or narrow it to one suite while you work on it. Because it boots a throwaway kernel, running tests never puts your machine at risk. It turns kernel testing into something you can do in the middle of writing code.

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Why is running these tests safe for your development machine?

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KUnit — KUnit documentation

This is the home page for KUnit, the Linux kernel's built-in unit testing framework. It explains that kernel code can be tested in small pieces instead of by booting a whole machine, and walks throug…