KUNIT_FAIL_AND_ABORT(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 KUNIT_FAIL_AND_ABORT(9) — like, the kernel API manual, bestie 🎀

okay so sit down, grab a boba, because today we're talking about a Kernel API Manual page from ./include/kunit and honestly? iconic behavior. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

KUNIT_FAIL_AND_ABORT — literally always causes a test to fail and abort when it's evaluated. no notes. that's the whole job. 💀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

KUNIT_FAIL_AND_ABORT (test , fmt , ... );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • test — the test context object. the main character of this lil operation 🫶
  • fmt — an informational message that gets printed when the assertion is made. say something nice (or don't, it's failing anyway) 💖
  • ... — string format arguments. the lil extras that fill in your fmt. 🌈

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So. KUNIT_FAIL_AND_ABORT is the literal opposite of KUNIT_SUCCEED — it's an assertion that always fails. Like, there is no universe where this passes. ✋

In other words: it always results in a failed assertion, and consequently it always causes the test case to fail and abort when evaluated. no cap, no sliding, no "maybe next time". 💅

Want the whole lore? peep KUNIT_ASSERT_TRUE for more information, iykyk. 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay bestie this list is long — it's giving "the whole kunit extended universe" and honestly we stan a thorough cross-reference. 🧚

Kernel file ./include/kunit, plus:

lowkey a fail that's guaranteed is still useful — sometimes you just need to nuke a test on purpose. 💀🔥

and that's the page, bestie!! 🫶 this lil gem lives in ./include/kunit, comes to you from the Kernel API Manual, and it's dated October 2026 — so go forth, fail loudly, abort with confidence. 💖🎀🦋 periodt.

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