kunit_skip(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 kunit_skip(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay bestie, welcome to the kunit_skip page ✨ this is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the "nvm, not running this one" button for your tests 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

kunit_skip — Marks _@test_ as skipped 💀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

kunit_skip (test , fmt , ... );

no cap, that's the whole signature, copy it exactly 👑

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • test — the test context object 🎀 like, the little test's whole identity, hand it over
  • fmt — a printk style format string 🖨️ yes, the classic printf-flavoured one
  • ... — variable arguments 🌈 the extra lil values that feed into fmt

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So basically: it skips the test. Periodt. 💅

The fmt gets given output as the test status comment — which is typically the reason the test was skipped, iykyk. So like, be a good bestie and actually put the reason in there instead of leaving everyone guessing 🙈

Heads up: test execution is halted after kunit_skip is called 🛑 like, it does not come back, the test is done-done, main character exits stage left ✨

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole friend group 🫶 — Kernel file ./include/kunit/test.h plus:

and that's the whole page bestie, go skip some tests responsibly 💖

shoutout to the source ./include/kunit, dated October 2026 — that's the lore, that's the origin story, mwah 🎀✨

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