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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] [FYI] coverage test for Linux installs
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Ryan Harper |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] [FYI] coverage test for Linux installs |
Date: |
Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:50:06 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i |
* Anthony Liguori <address@hidden> [2011-08-08 14:33]:
> This is a simple tool that I've been using for the past couple months to help
> with day-to-day testing of changes. It may seem like it's similar to
> kvm-autotest but it's actually quite different. Most noticably:
>
> - It's a coverage test instead of an acceptance test. Each time it runs it
> uses a slightly a semi-random configuration for the guest. This means that
> the more you run it, the more coverage you get. This is a good fit for
> maintainer testing because you get wide testing without having to wait for
> 48-hour test cycles.
>
> - It runs in the foreground as an unprivileged user. This means I can kick
> it
> off in a terminal while I go off and do something else, but still keep an
> eye on what's going on.
>
> - It works with TCG guests too and includes a TCG test case for the pseries
> Power machine.
>
> That said, it's *not* a replacement for KVM autotest. It is not a good tool
> for doing acceptance testing, like you would do to cut a new QEMU release.
> But
> perhaps there's some behavior that could be leveraged by KVM autotest in the
> future here.
>
> I'm not proposing this for tree inclusion right now. Just sharing a tool that
> I've found to be useful. I really just want the previous patch to go in so
> that
> I can stop carrying that patch privately.
>
> Right now, you need to setup an ISO directory to use the test tool. After
> copy-on-read lands in the tree, I plan on making it create CoR files backing
> to
> http so that no explicit setup is required.
> ---
> test-linux.c | 549
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 files changed, 549 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 test-linux.c
I needed the following changes to the Makefile to build this..
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8606849..b7df0e1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ check-qlist: check-qlist.o qlist.o qint.o $(CHECK_PROG_DEPS)
check-qfloat: check-qfloat.o qfloat.o $(CHECK_PROG_DEPS)
check-qjson: check-qjson.o qfloat.o qint.o qdict.o qstring.o qlist.o qbool.o
qjson.o json-streamer.o json-lexer.o js
test-coroutine: test-coroutine.o qemu-timer-common.o async.o
$(coroutine-obj-y) $(CHECK_PROG_DEPS)
+test-linux: test-linux.o $(CHECK_PROG_DEPS)
$(qapi-obj-y): $(GENERATED_HEADERS)
qapi-dir := qapi-generated
--
Ryan Harper
Software Engineer; Linux Technology Center
IBM Corp., Austin, Tx
address@hidden