KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_EQ(9)

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💅 KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_EQ 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual section for KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_EQ — the pointer-equality assert that does not play around 😤✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_EQ — Asserts that pointers @left and @right are equal. 🎯

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_EQ (test , left , right );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • test — the test context object, aka the little world this assertion lives in 🌍
  • left — an arbitrary expression that evaluates to a pointer. literally any expression, as long as it's pointer-shaped 👈
  • right — an arbitrary expression that evaluates to a pointer. same deal, other side 👉

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So here's the tea ☕: this sets an assertion that the values left and right evaluate to are equal. That's the whole vibe. 🫶

It's the same as KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ, with one big main-character difference: when the assertion is not met, it causes an assertion failure (see KUNIT_ASSERT_TRUE). So like… no soft launch, no "hmm that's a bit off" — it fully aborts the test. 💀🔥

ngl bestie, that's the whole point of the ASSERT family vs the EXPECT family — one keeps going, one stops the music. 🎵✋

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./include/kunit/test.h 💖 and, alphabetically-ish, the whole group chat:

and that's the page, bestie 🌈💜 sign-off time: this masterpiece lives in the source tree at ./include/kunit, and it's dated October 2026 🗓️✨ go forth and assert those pointers, iykyk 💅🫶

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