The ChromeOS EC firmware requires that all C source and header file code changes include tests covering at least 90% of any new or changed lines of code. A non-blocking warning comment is posted on CLs that do not exceed 95% coverage This change is in effect as of 2023-01-19.
The Gerrit commit-queue enforces the coverage requirement with the firmware-zephyr-cov-cq builder.
Starting 2H’22, all new Chromebook projects use the Zephyr RTOS as the foundation for the ChromeOS EC firmware. As part of the switch to Zephyr RTOS, Google wrote unit and integration tests to verify functionality of the EC firmware. These tests run directly on your development system using the native_posix environment and do not require any Chromebook hardware.
These tests improve the quality of the EC firmware, reducing the number of EC crashes and bugs found on shipping Chromebooks.
The ChromeOS EC firmware requires that all projects based on the Zephyr RTOS achieve code coverage of 90% or better.
A Gitlab project creates and publishes the code coverage reports for the Zephyr EC projects. The latest results are available on the Gitlab Jobs page. Refer to the Gitlab CI documentation for implementation details.
The Zephyr Testing documentation in the ChromeOS EC firmware provides the most up-to-date information for writing tests specifically for the ChromeOS EC firmware.
Zephyr Test Framework documentation in the Zephyr Project provides general information about the test framework used by Zephyr RTOS.
Zephyr ztest code coverage provides instructions for generating code coverage reports locally on your machine.
Code Coverage in CQ provides details for viewing the coverage information directly from Gerrit or by using Google's code search tool.
In limited cases, you may amend your commit message to include the LOW_COVERAGE_REASON tag. This tag bypasses the code coverage requirement enforced by Gerrit. Simply add the tag followed by a description to justify bypassing code coverage. You must include a reference to a bug (in the form b:1234567 or b/1234567) that tracks whatever issue is impeding coverage.
LOW_COVERAGE_REASON=no emulator for the ANX7483 exists b/248086547
Permissible reasons for bypassing the code coverage requirements include:
Fixing a high-priority bug that blocks a release or some other milestone.
Fixing a bug in an existing driver that is currently untested.
Modifying on-chip EC peripheral drivers. See the Known Issues section below for details.
When bypassing code coverage, please open a bug to track the work required to create tests.
Reviewers may reject your low coverage reason and request that you update or add tests for your change.
Zephyr EC projects share large portions of the legacy code found under the platform/ec repository. The code coverage requirements apply to the shared code, with exceptions for the following directories:
There are no tests for the chip specific code found under the platform/ec/zephyr/drivers directory. Due to include file conflicts, it is not currently known how to test these drivers.
The coverage tool may falsely mark a line of code as executable but the line of code is not reachable. An example could be a switch statement, but the default label is not reachable. In these cases add a comment using exclusion markers, LCOV_EXCL_*, to the file. See the geninfo manpage for more information.
Do not use exclusion markers to bypass executable code or to avoid writing tests for difficult to reach code.
