Mocking

Description

MOCKABLE wrapper patterns for testing external dependencies.

Philosophy

Mock external dependencies, never our own code. External means: libraries (talloc, yyjson, curl), system calls (open, read, write, stat), and vendor inline functions.

The MOCKABLE Pattern

wrapper.h provides zero-overhead mocking via weak symbols:

// wrapper.h
#ifdef NDEBUG
    #define MOCKABLE static inline  // Release: zero overhead
#else
    #define MOCKABLE __attribute__((weak))  // Debug: overridable
#endif

MOCKABLE int posix_write_(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);

Using Mocks in Tests

Override the weak symbol in your test file:

// test_file.c
#include "wrapper.h"

// Override - this replaces the weak symbol
int posix_write_(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count) {
    return -1;  // Simulate write failure
}

void test_write_error_handling(void) {
    // Now any code calling posix_write_() gets our mock
    res_t r = save_file("test.txt", "content");
    assert(IS_ERR(r));
}

Available Wrappers

POSIX System Calls

Wrapper	Wraps
`posix_open_()`	`open()`
`posix_close_()`	`close()`
`posix_read_()`	`read()`
`posix_write_()`	`write()`
`posix_stat_()`	`stat()`
`posix_mkdir_()`	`mkdir()`
`posix_access_()`	`access()`
`posix_rename_()`	`rename()`
`posix_getcwd_()`	`getcwd()`
`posix_pipe_()`	`pipe()`
`posix_fcntl_()`	`fcntl()`
`posix_select_()`	`select()`
`posix_sigaction_()`	`sigaction()`
`posix_ioctl_()`	`ioctl()`
`posix_tcgetattr_()`	`tcgetattr()`
`posix_tcsetattr_()`	`tcsetattr()`
`posix_tcflush_()`	`tcflush()`

POSIX stdio

Wrapper	Wraps
`fopen_()`	`fopen()`
`fclose_()`	`fclose()`
`fread_()`	`fread()`
`fwrite_()`	`fwrite()`
`fseek_()`	`fseek()`
`ftell_()`	`ftell()`
`posix_fdopen_()`	`fdopen()`
`popen_()`	`popen()`
`pclose_()`	`pclose()`
`opendir_()`	`opendir()`

C Standard Library

Wrapper	Wraps
`snprintf_()`	`snprintf()`
`vsnprintf_()`	`vsnprintf()`
`gmtime_()`	`gmtime()`
`strftime_()`	`strftime()`

talloc

Wrapper	Wraps
`talloc_zero_()`	`talloc_zero_size()`
`talloc_strdup_()`	`talloc_strdup()`
`talloc_array_()`	`talloc_zero_size()`
`talloc_realloc_()`	`talloc_realloc_size()`
`talloc_asprintf_()`	`talloc_vasprintf()`

yyjson

Wrapper	Wraps
`yyjson_read_file_()`	`yyjson_read_file()`
`yyjson_mut_write_file_()`	`yyjson_mut_write_file()`
`yyjson_read_()`	`yyjson_read()`
`yyjson_doc_get_root_()`	`yyjson_doc_get_root()`
`yyjson_obj_get_()`	`yyjson_obj_get()`
`yyjson_get_sint_()`	`yyjson_get_sint()`
`yyjson_get_str_()`	`yyjson_get_str()`
`yyjson_mut_obj_add_str_()`	`yyjson_mut_obj_add_str()`
`yyjson_mut_obj_add_int_()`	`yyjson_mut_obj_add_int()`
`yyjson_mut_obj_add_uint_()`	`yyjson_mut_obj_add_uint()`
`yyjson_mut_obj_()`	`yyjson_mut_obj()`
`yyjson_mut_arr_()`	`yyjson_mut_arr()`
`yyjson_mut_obj_add_val_()`	`yyjson_mut_obj_add_val()`
`yyjson_mut_arr_add_val_()`	`yyjson_mut_arr_add_val()`
`yyjson_mut_obj_add_bool_()`	`yyjson_mut_obj_add_bool()`
`yyjson_val_mut_copy_()`	`yyjson_val_mut_copy()`

libcurl (Easy API)

Wrapper	Wraps
`curl_easy_init_()`	`curl_easy_init()`
`curl_easy_cleanup_()`	`curl_easy_cleanup()`
`curl_easy_perform_()`	`curl_easy_perform()`
`curl_easy_setopt_()`	`curl_easy_setopt()`
`curl_easy_getinfo_()`	`curl_easy_getinfo()`
`curl_easy_strerror_()`	`curl_easy_strerror()`
`curl_slist_append_()`	`curl_slist_append()`
`curl_slist_free_all_()`	`curl_slist_free_all()`

libcurl (Multi API)

Wrapper	Wraps
`curl_multi_init_()`	`curl_multi_init()`
`curl_multi_cleanup_()`	`curl_multi_cleanup()`
`curl_multi_add_handle_()`	`curl_multi_add_handle()`
`curl_multi_remove_handle_()`	`curl_multi_remove_handle()`
`curl_multi_perform_()`	`curl_multi_perform()`
`curl_multi_fdset_()`	`curl_multi_fdset()`
`curl_multi_timeout_()`	`curl_multi_timeout()`
`curl_multi_info_read_()`	`curl_multi_info_read()`
`curl_multi_strerror_()`	`curl_multi_strerror()`

libpq (PostgreSQL)

Wrapper	Wraps
`PQgetvalue_()`	`PQgetvalue()`
`pq_exec_()`	`PQexec()`
`pq_exec_params_()`	`PQexecParams()`
`PQresultStatus_()`	`PQresultStatus()`

pthread

Wrapper	Wraps
`pthread_mutex_init_()`	`pthread_mutex_init()`
`pthread_mutex_destroy_()`	`pthread_mutex_destroy()`
`pthread_mutex_lock_()`	`pthread_mutex_lock()`
`pthread_mutex_unlock_()`	`pthread_mutex_unlock()`
`pthread_create_()`	`pthread_create()`
`pthread_join_()`	`pthread_join()`

Internal ikigai Functions

Wrapper	Wraps
`ik_db_init_()`	`ik_db_init()`
`ik_db_message_insert_()`	`ik_db_message_insert()`
`ik_scrollback_append_line_()`	`ik_scrollback_append_line()`
`ik_repl_render_frame_()`	`ik_repl_render_frame()`
`ik_agent_get_provider_()`	`ik_agent_get_provider()`
`ik_request_build_from_conversation_()`	`ik_request_build_from_conversation()`
`ik_http_multi_create_()`	`ik_http_multi_create()`
`ik_http_multi_info_read_()`	`ik_http_multi_info_read()`
`ik_agent_start_tool_execution_()`	`ik_agent_start_tool_execution()`
`ik_agent_should_continue_tool_loop_()`	`ik_agent_should_continue_tool_loop()`
`ik_repl_submit_tool_loop_continuation_()`	`ik_repl_submit_tool_loop_continuation()`
`ik_agent_add_message_()`	`ik_agent_add_message()`
`ik_agent_transition_to_idle_()`	`ik_agent_transition_to_idle()`

Adding New Wrappers

When you need to mock a new external dependency:

Add declaration to wrapper.h:

MOCKABLE return_type function_name_(args);

Add implementation to wrapper.c:

return_type function_name_(args) {
    return original_function(args);
}

Replace direct calls in production code with the wrapper
Override in tests to inject failures

Wrapping Vendor Inline Functions

Problem: Inline functions like yyjson_doc_get_root() expand at every call site, creating untestable branches.

Solution: Wrap once, use wrapper everywhere:

// sse_parser.h
yyjson_val *yyjson_doc_get_root_wrapper(yyjson_doc *doc);

// sse_parser.c
yyjson_val *yyjson_doc_get_root_wrapper(yyjson_doc *doc) {
    return yyjson_doc_get_root(doc);  // Inline expands here only
}

// Test both branches once
void test_wrapper_null(void) {
    assert(yyjson_doc_get_root_wrapper(NULL) == NULL);
}
void test_wrapper_valid(void) {
    yyjson_doc *doc = create_test_doc();
    assert(yyjson_doc_get_root_wrapper(doc) != NULL);
}

What NOT to Mock

Our own code (refactor instead)
Pure functions (test directly)
Simple data structures

References

src/wrapper.h - MOCKABLE declarations
src/wrapper.c - Wrapper implementations
src/openai/sse_parser.h - Inline wrapper example

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