KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(9)

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✨ KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes it's a real manual page, yes it's from the kernel, and yes we're gonna make it make sense 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ — sets an assertion that @left and @right are equal. that's it, that's the whole vibe check 🔥

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ (test , left , right );

like, three arguments, in that exact order, no notes 💖

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • test — the test context object. it's the main character of the whole test suite, no cap 👑
  • left — an arbitrary expression that evaluates to a primitive C type. literally anything, as long as it lands on a primitive C type 🍓
  • right — an arbitrary expression that evaluates to a primitive C type. same deal, bestie — arbitrary expression, primitive C type, that's the assignment 💜

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what this does: it sets an assertion that the values that left and right evaluate to are equal. simple. iconic. very demure ✨

lowkey the important part is this — it's the same as KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ, except it causes an assertion failure (see KUNIT_ASSERT_TRUE) when the assertion is not met. so EXPECT is the chill one that just judges you quietly, and ASSERT is the one that actually stops the whole thing 😭 fr fr, know the difference.

heads up bestie: this one aborts. if you weren't ready for that, maybe you wanted the EXPECT version 💀

💅 SEE ALSO 💅

everything's in the Kernel file ./include/kunit/test.h, and here is the full squad — every single one, because we don't do half-finished lists in this house 🫶

yeah that's a lot of siblings but we love a big family 🌈

and that's the page, bestie 💖 this one lives in ./include/kunit and it's dated October 2026 — so go forth, assert your equalities, and remember who actually aborts. slay 🎀🦋✨

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