KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(9)

💖 KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ — yes that's the whole name, it's giving "shouty macro" energy and honestly? iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ — sets an expectation that @left and @right are equal. that's it, that's the whole vibe check 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ (test , left , right );

look at her. three args. so tidy. we love a signature that doesn't play games 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• test — the test context object. the main character, basically. everything happens inside her.
• left — an arbitrary expression that evaluates to a primitive C type. literally whatever you want, as long as it lands on a primitive type.
• right — an arbitrary expression that evaluates to a primitive C type. the other half of the duo. the comparison partner. the one left gets matched against 🦋

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the whole point of this macro: it sets an expectation that the values left and right evaluate to are equal. if they match, slay. that's the expectation, bestie.

and here's the part where it gets cute — this is semantically equivalent to:

KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(test, (left) == (right))

like, literally the same thing, just wearing a different outfit. no cap. 🔥

heads up: if you want the full tea on how the expectation actually behaves, go read KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE — the manpage says "See KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE for more information" and we are NOT gatekeeping that, go look 👀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is LONG and I am obsessed with her. every single one, no skipping, that's the rule 💜

kernel file ./include/kunit/test.h, enum kunit_status(9), struct kunit_case(9), KUNIT_CASE(9), KUNIT_CASE_ATTR(9), KUNIT_CASE_SLOW(9), KUNIT_CASE_PARAM(9), KUNIT_CASE_PARAM_ATTR(9), KUNIT_CASE_PARAM_WITH_INIT(9), struct kunit_suite(9), struct kunit(9), kunit_test_suites(9), kunit_test_init_section_suites(9), kunit_kmalloc_array(9), kunit_kmalloc(9), kunit_kfree(9), kunit_kzalloc(9), kunit_kcalloc(9), kunit_kfree_const(9), kunit_kstrdup(9), kunit_kstrdup_const(9), kunit_attach_mm(9), kunit_vm_mmap(9), kunit_mark_skipped(9), kunit_skip(9), kunit_info(9), kunit_warn(9), kunit_err(9), KUNIT_SUCCEED(9), KUNIT_FAIL(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_TRUE(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_FALSE(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_EQ(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_NE(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_PTR_NE(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_LT(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_LE(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_GT(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_GE(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_STREQ(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_STRNEQ(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_MEMEQ(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_MEMNEQ(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_NULL(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_NOT_NULL(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(9), KUNIT_FAIL_AND_ABORT(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_TRUE(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_FALSE(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_EQ(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_NE(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_PTR_NE(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_LT(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_LE(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_GT(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_GE(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_STREQ(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_STRNEQ(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_MEMEQ(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_MEMNEQ(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_NULL(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_NULL(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(9), KUNIT_ARRAY_PARAM(9), KUNIT_ARRAY_PARAM_DESC(9), kunit_register_params_array(9), kunit_warning_suppress(9), KUNIT_SUPPRESSED_WARNING_COUNT(9), KUNIT_EXPECT_SUPPRESSED_WARNING_COUNT(9), KUNIT_ASSERT_SUPPRESSED_WARNING_COUNT(9) 💀

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that's the whole page bestie, go write some tests and make them equal ✨

this gem lives in ./include/kunit, dated October 2026, and she answers to the name KUNIT_EXPECT_EQ(9) — mwah, ily, bye 🎀💖