docs/devel: update instruction on how to add new unit tests

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

2 files changed, 31 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/docs/devel/qtest.rst b/docs/devel/qtest.rst
index 075fe5f..97c5a75 100644
--- a/docs/devel/qtest.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/qtest.rst
@@ -33,15 +33,27 @@ Steps to add a new QTest case are:
 2. Write the test code with the glib and libqtest/libqos API. See also existing
    tests and the library headers for reference.
 
-3. Register the new test in ``tests/qtest/Makefile.include``. Add the test
-   executable name to an appropriate ``check-qtest-*-y`` variable. For example:
-
-   ``check-qtest-generic-y = tests/qtest/foo-test$(EXESUF)``
-
-4. Add object dependencies of the executable in the Makefile, including the
-   test source file(s) and other interesting objects. For example:
-
-   ``tests/qtest/foo-test$(EXESUF): tests/qtest/foo-test.o $(libqos-obj-y)``
+3. Register the new test in ``tests/qtest/meson.build``. Add the test
+   executable name to an appropriate ``qtests_*`` variable. There is
+   one variable per architecture, plus ``qtests_generic`` for tests
+   that can be run for all architectures.  For example::
+
+     qtests_generic = [
+       ...
+       'foo-test',
+       ...
+     ]
+
+4. If the test has more than one source file or needs to be linked with any
+   dependency other than ``qemuutil`` and ``qos``, list them in the ``qtests``
+   dictionary.  For example a test that needs to use the ``QIO`` library
+   will have an entry like::
+
+     {
+       ...
+       'foo-test': [io],
+       ...
+     }
 
 Debugging a QTest failure is slightly harder than the unit test because the
 tests look up QEMU program names in the environment variables, such as
diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index e58389b..0c3e79d 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -41,15 +41,16 @@ add a new unit test:
    test. The test code should be organized with the glib testing framework.
    Copying and modifying an existing test is usually a good idea.
 
-3. Add the test to ``tests/Makefile.include``. First, name the unit test
-   program and add it to ``$(check-unit-y)``; then add a rule to build the
-   executable.  For example:
-
-.. code::
-
-  check-unit-y += tests/foo-test$(EXESUF)
-  tests/foo-test$(EXESUF): tests/foo-test.o $(test-util-obj-y)
-  ...
+3. Add the test to ``tests/meson.build``. The unit tests are listed in a
+   dictionary called ``tests``.  The values are any additional sources and
+   dependencies to be linked with the test.  For a simple test whose source
+   is in ``tests/foo-test.c``, it is enough to add an entry like::
+
+     {
+       ...
+       'foo-test': [],
+       ...
+     }
 
 Since unit tests don't require environment variables, the simplest way to debug
 a unit test failure is often directly invoking it or even running it under