EXPECT_NE(9)

💖 EXPECT_NE(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay bestie, this is the page for EXPECT_NE(9). It’s short, it’s iconic, and it’s literally about checking that two things are not equal. Let’s get into it. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

EXPECT_NE - the macro, and that’s the whole NAME entry. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

EXPECT_NE (expected , seen );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• expected — expected value. That’s the one you thought you’d see. 💖
• seen — measured value. That’s the one that actually showed up. 👀

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so the whole description is this exact little line: EXPECT_NE(expected, measured): expected != measured. Translation: expected is not equal to measured, and that’s the vibe check this macro is doing. Slay. 🔥

🔮 SEE ALSO 🔮

Kernel file ./tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h example(9), TH_LOG(9), SKIP(9), TEST(9), TEST_SIGNAL(9), FIXTURE_DATA(9), FIXTURE(9), FIXTURE_SETUP(9), FIXTURE_TEARDOWN(9), FIXTURE_TEARDOWN_PARENT(9), FIXTURE_VARIANT(9), FIXTURE_VARIANT_ADD(9), TEST_F(9), TEST_HARNESS_MAIN(9), operators(9), ASSERT_EQ(9), ASSERT_NE(9), ASSERT_LT(9), ASSERT_LE(9), ASSERT_GT(9), ASSERT_GE(9), ASSERT_NULL(9), ASSERT_TRUE(9), ASSERT_FALSE(9), ASSERT_STREQ(9), ASSERT_STRNE(9), EXPECT_EQ(9), EXPECT_LT(9), EXPECT_LE(9), EXPECT_GT(9), EXPECT_GE(9), EXPECT_NULL(9), EXPECT_TRUE(9), EXPECT_FALSE(9), EXPECT_STREQ(9), EXPECT_STRNE(9), XFAIL_ADD(9)

That’s the EXPECT_NE(9) page, from source/version ./tools/testing/selftests, dated October 2026. Bye bestie, go check stuff! 🫶💖