XFAIL_ADD(9)

💅 XFAIL_ADD — Kernel API Manual (section 9) ✨

okay bestie, gather round 🫶 this one is short and iconic: it's the manpage for XFAIL_ADD, straight out of the Kernel API Manual. No cap, we're keeping every detail exactly where it belongs 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

mark a variant + test case combination as expected to fail — yes, that's the whole vibe check 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

XFAIL_ADD (fixture_name , variant_name , test_name );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fixture_name — name of the fixture. literally the fixture's name, periodt 💅
• variant_name — name of the variant. which variant we're talking about, no guessing 🔥
• test_name — name of the test case. the test case's name, bestie ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Okay so XFAIL_ADD marks a combination of variant + test case for a given fixture as expected to fail. That's the main character move 👑

Tests marked this way will report XPASS / XFAIL return codes, instead of PASS / FAIL,and and use the respective counters. slay, the counters know what's up 💀✨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h and 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)
• EXPECT_STRNE(9)

byeee bestie 🫶 this page lives under ./tools/testing/selftests, dated October 2026, and it's filed as XFAIL_ADD(9) 💖✨