EXPECT_NULL(9)

okay so bestie 💖 welcome to EXPECT_NULL(9) from the Kernel API Manual — she’s short, she’s sweet, and she’s literally here to check one thing. We’re covering every crumb, no skipping, periodt. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

EXPECT_NULL - no extra description in the original, just the name and that little dash. Minimalist icon behavior, honestly 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

EXPECT_NULL (seen );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• seen — measured value. That’s the value, bestie 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

EXPECT_NULL(measured): NULL == measured

That’s the whole vibe: EXPECT_NULL(measured), and the check is NULL == measured. No cap, that’s the tea ☕✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay these are the cross-refs, and yes we’re listing every single one because we don’t skip, ever 💅:

• 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_NE(9)
• EXPECT_LT(9)
• EXPECT_LE(9)
• EXPECT_GT(9)
• EXPECT_GE(9)
• EXPECT_TRUE(9)
• EXPECT_FALSE(9)
• EXPECT_STREQ(9)
• EXPECT_STRNE(9)
• XFAIL_ADD(9)

xoxo, your kernel-testing bestie 💋 — source/version: ./tools/testing/selftests; date: October 2026; and yes, EXPECT_NULL(9) remains the main character 👑✨