EXPECT_STRNE(9)

💖 EXPECT_STRNE(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for EXPECT_STRNE — yes, the (9) is part of the whole name, and we are keeping it ✨. This page is short, iconic, and lowkey just gives you the name, the call, the args, the description line, and the whole SEE ALSO friend group. No cap 🫶.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

• EXPECT_STRNE - — the original literally just gives us the name and the dash, bestie; there’s no description after it, so we’re not inventing one 💅.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here’s the signature, exactly as it appears — spaces and all, do not touch:

EXPECT_STRNE (expected , seen );

periodt. that’s the whole synopsis 🌸.

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• expected — the expected value 💖
• seen — the measured value ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

the description is literally this exact line, no extra lore:

EXPECT_STRNE(expected, measured): strcmp(expected, measured)

that’s it, that’s the tea ☕. it’s giving the call and the strcmp(expected, measured) line exactly, and we are not adding anything that isn’t there, bestie 💯.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go check out the whole friend group, iykyk 💅:

• 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_NULL(9)
• EXPECT_TRUE(9)
• EXPECT_FALSE(9)
• EXPECT_STREQ(9)
• XFAIL_ADD(9)

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that’s the whole page, bestie 💖. signed off from the ./tools/testing/selftests source/version corner, dated October 2026, and yes, this is still the Kernel API Manual — mwah 🎀💋