Re: [PATCH 1/3] docs/kselftests: Explain the usage of TEST_CONFIG_DEPS

[Petr Mladek <pmladek@suse.com>]

On Thu 2024-12-05 17:17:55, Siddharth Menon wrote:
> Update documentation to explain the TEST_CONFIG_DEPS flag in lib.mk.
> TEST_CONFIG_DEPS is used to validate the presence of required config flags
> specified in the selftest makefile before compiling or running a test.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Siddharth Menon <simeddon@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
> index fdb1df86783a..e816b282363f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
> @@ -301,6 +301,9 @@ Contributing new tests (details)
>  
>     e.g: tools/testing/selftests/android/config
>  
> + * Use TEST_CONFIG_DEPS to specify required config options to be enabled 
> +   before a test is allowed to run or compile.
> +
>   * Create a .gitignore file inside test directory and add all generated objects
>     in it.

It might be a matter of taste. It is a chicken & egg problem. I
personally find it weird to document something which does not exist yet.

Please, either update the documentation together with the code or
later :-)

Best Regards,
Petr

PS: I haven't got this mail. I have got only 2nd and 3rd patch.
    I prefer to see the entire patchset. I suggest to always
    send all patches to the same list of people and mailing lists.