| Message ID | 20190924210106.27117-24-alex.bennee@linaro.org (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | testing/next (docker,tcg, alpha ;-) | expand |
On 9/24/19 2:00 PM, Alex Bennée wrote: > It was pointed out we haven't documented the check-tcg part of the > build system. Attempt to rectify that now. > > Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> > --- > docs/devel/testing.rst | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) Reviewed-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org> r~
On 9/24/19 11:00 PM, Alex Bennée wrote: > It was pointed out we haven't documented the check-tcg part of the > build system. Attempt to rectify that now. > > Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> > --- > docs/devel/testing.rst | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst > index bf75675fb04..1feee3ad101 100644 > --- a/docs/devel/testing.rst > +++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst > @@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ another application on the host may have locked the file, possibly leading to a > test failure. If using such devices are explicitly desired, consider adding > ``locking=off`` option to disable image locking. > > +.. _docker-ref: > + > Docker based tests > ================== > > @@ -799,3 +801,63 @@ And remove any package you want with:: > > If you've used ``make check-acceptance``, the Python virtual environment where > Avocado is installed will be cleaned up as part of ``make check-clean``. > + > +Testing with "make check-tcg" > +============================= > + > +The check-tcg tests are intended for simple smoke tests of both > +linux-user and softmmu TCG functionality. However to build test > +programs for guest targets you need to have cross compilers available. > +If your distribution supports cross compilers you can do something as > +simple as:: > + > + apt install gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu > + > +The configure script will automatically pick up their presence. > +Sometimes compilers have slightly odd names so the availability of > +them can be prompted by passing in the appropriate configure option > +for the architecture in question, for example:: > + > + $(configure) --cross-cc-aarch64=aarch64-cc > + > +There is also a ``--cross-cc-flags-ARCH`` flag in case additional > +compiler flags are needed to build for a given target. > + > +If you have the ability to run containers as the user you can also > +take advantage of the build systems "Docker" support. It will then use > +containers to build any test case for an enabled guest where there is > +no system compiler available. See :ref: `_docker-ref` for details. Maybe you can add a line there is an easy way to run all tests for a single target using 'make run-tcg-tests-$TARGET'? > +TCG test dependencies > +--------------------- > + > +The TCG tests are deliberately very light on dependencies and are > +either totally bare with minimal gcc lib support (for softmmu tests) > +or just glibc (for linux-user tests). This is because getting a cross > +compiler to work with additional libraries can be challenging. > + > +Other TCG Tests > +--------------- > + > +There are a number of out-of-tree test suites that are used for more > +extensive testing of processor features. > + > +KVM Unit Tests > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +The KVM unit tests are designed to run as a Guest OS under KVM but > +there is no reason why they can't exercise the TCG as well. It > +provides a minimal OS kernel with hooks for enabling the MMU as well > +as reporting test results via a special device:: > + > + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm-unit-tests.git > + > +Linux Test Project > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +The LTP is focused on exercising the syscall interface of a Linux > +kernel. It checks that syscalls behave as documented and strives to > +exercise as many corner cases as possible. It is a useful test suite > +to run to exercise QEMU's linux-user code:: > + > + https://linux-test-project.github.io/ >
diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst index bf75675fb04..1feee3ad101 100644 --- a/docs/devel/testing.rst +++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst @@ -266,6 +266,8 @@ another application on the host may have locked the file, possibly leading to a test failure. If using such devices are explicitly desired, consider adding ``locking=off`` option to disable image locking. +.. _docker-ref: + Docker based tests ================== @@ -799,3 +801,63 @@ And remove any package you want with:: If you've used ``make check-acceptance``, the Python virtual environment where Avocado is installed will be cleaned up as part of ``make check-clean``. + +Testing with "make check-tcg" +============================= + +The check-tcg tests are intended for simple smoke tests of both +linux-user and softmmu TCG functionality. However to build test +programs for guest targets you need to have cross compilers available. +If your distribution supports cross compilers you can do something as +simple as:: + + apt install gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu + +The configure script will automatically pick up their presence. +Sometimes compilers have slightly odd names so the availability of +them can be prompted by passing in the appropriate configure option +for the architecture in question, for example:: + + $(configure) --cross-cc-aarch64=aarch64-cc + +There is also a ``--cross-cc-flags-ARCH`` flag in case additional +compiler flags are needed to build for a given target. + +If you have the ability to run containers as the user you can also +take advantage of the build systems "Docker" support. It will then use +containers to build any test case for an enabled guest where there is +no system compiler available. See :ref: `_docker-ref` for details. + +TCG test dependencies +--------------------- + +The TCG tests are deliberately very light on dependencies and are +either totally bare with minimal gcc lib support (for softmmu tests) +or just glibc (for linux-user tests). This is because getting a cross +compiler to work with additional libraries can be challenging. + +Other TCG Tests +--------------- + +There are a number of out-of-tree test suites that are used for more +extensive testing of processor features. + +KVM Unit Tests +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The KVM unit tests are designed to run as a Guest OS under KVM but +there is no reason why they can't exercise the TCG as well. It +provides a minimal OS kernel with hooks for enabling the MMU as well +as reporting test results via a special device:: + + https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm-unit-tests.git + +Linux Test Project +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The LTP is focused on exercising the syscall interface of a Linux +kernel. It checks that syscalls behave as documented and strives to +exercise as many corner cases as possible. It is a useful test suite +to run to exercise QEMU's linux-user code:: + + https://linux-test-project.github.io/
It was pointed out we haven't documented the check-tcg part of the build system. Attempt to rectify that now. Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org> --- docs/devel/testing.rst | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+)