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author | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2020-10-12 22:48:45 +0100 |
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committer | Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> | 2020-10-12 22:48:45 +0100 |
commit | 724c1c8bb350d84c097ab2005aad15e125d06b6c (patch) | |
tree | b55ff4dc3e8012e2624d2aa2d1211684bd425656 /docs | |
parent | a0bdf866873467271eff9a92f179ab0f77d735cb (diff) | |
parent | a0c9162c8250e121af438aee5ef93e64ec62dae1 (diff) | |
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/bonzini-gitlab/tags/for-upstream' into staging
* qtest documentation improvements (Eduardo, myself)
* libqtest event buffering (Maxim)
* use RCU for list of children of a bus (Maxim)
* move more files to softmmu/ (myself)
* meson.build cleanups, qemu-storage-daemon fix (Philippe)
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* remotes/bonzini-gitlab/tags/for-upstream: (38 commits)
meson: identify more sections of meson.build
scsi/scsi_bus: fix races in REPORT LUNS
virtio-scsi: use scsi_device_get
scsi/scsi_bus: Add scsi_device_get
scsi/scsi-bus: scsi_device_find: don't return unrealized devices
device-core: use atomic_set on .realized property
scsi: switch to bus->check_address
device-core: use RCU for list of children of a bus
device_core: use drain_call_rcu in in qmp_device_add
scsi/scsi_bus: switch search direction in scsi_device_find
qdev: add "check if address free" callback for buses
qemu-iotests, qtest: rewrite test 067 as a qtest
qtest: check that drives are really appearing and disappearing
qtest: switch users back to qtest_qmp_receive
device-plug-test: use qtest_qmp to send the device_del command
qtest: remove qtest_qmp_receive_success
qtest: Reintroduce qtest_qmp_receive with QMP event buffering
qtest: rename qtest_qmp_receive to qtest_qmp_receive_dict
meson.build: Re-enable KVM support for MIPS
build-sys: fix git version from -version
...
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
-rw-r--r-- | docs/devel/index.rst | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/devel/qtest.rst | 84 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | docs/devel/testing.rst | 64 |
3 files changed, 96 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/docs/devel/index.rst b/docs/devel/index.rst index 5fda2d3..77baae5 100644 --- a/docs/devel/index.rst +++ b/docs/devel/index.rst @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Contents: atomics stable-process testing + qtest decodetree secure-coding-practices tcg diff --git a/docs/devel/qtest.rst b/docs/devel/qtest.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..97c5a75 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/devel/qtest.rst @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +======================================== +QTest Device Emulation Testing Framework +======================================== + +QTest is a device emulation testing framework. It can be very useful to test +device models; it could also control certain aspects of QEMU (such as virtual +clock stepping), with a special purpose "qtest" protocol. Refer to +:ref:`qtest-protocol` for more details of the protocol. + +QTest cases can be executed with + +.. code:: + + make check-qtest + +The QTest library is implemented by ``tests/qtest/libqtest.c`` and the API is +defined in ``tests/qtest/libqtest.h``. + +Consider adding a new QTest case when you are introducing a new virtual +hardware, or extending one if you are adding functionalities to an existing +virtual device. + +On top of libqtest, a higher level library, ``libqos``, was created to +encapsulate common tasks of device drivers, such as memory management and +communicating with system buses or devices. Many virtual device tests use +libqos instead of directly calling into libqtest. + +Steps to add a new QTest case are: + +1. Create a new source file for the test. (More than one file can be added as + necessary.) For example, ``tests/qtest/foo-test.c``. + +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/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 +``QTEST_QEMU_BINARY`` and ``QTEST_QEMU_IMG``, and also because it is not easy +to attach gdb to the QEMU process spawned from the test. But manual invoking +and using gdb on the test is still simple to do: find out the actual command +from the output of + +.. code:: + + make check-qtest V=1 + +which you can run manually. + + +.. _qtest-protocol: + +QTest Protocol +-------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: softmmu/qtest.c + :doc: QTest Protocol + + +libqtest API reference +---------------------- + +.. kernel-doc:: tests/qtest/libqos/libqtest.h diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst index 8875a40..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 ``$(check-unit-y)``; then add a rule to build the - executable. For example: +3. Add the test to ``tests/meson.build``. The unit tests are listed in a + dictionary called ``tests``. The values are any additional sources and + dependencies to be linked with the test. For a simple test whose source + is in ``tests/foo-test.c``, it is enough to add an entry like:: -.. code:: - - check-unit-y += tests/foo-test$(EXESUF) - tests/foo-test$(EXESUF): tests/foo-test.o $(test-util-obj-y) - ... + { + ... + 'foo-test': [], + ... + } Since unit tests don't require environment variables, the simplest way to debug a unit test failure is often directly invoking it or even running it under @@ -70,8 +71,8 @@ QTest QTest is a device emulation testing framework. It can be very useful to test device models; it could also control certain aspects of QEMU (such as virtual -clock stepping), with a special purpose "qtest" protocol. Refer to the -documentation in ``qtest.c`` for more details of the protocol. +clock stepping), with a special purpose "qtest" protocol. Refer to +:doc:`qtest` for more details. QTest cases can be executed with @@ -79,49 +80,6 @@ QTest cases can be executed with make check-qtest -The QTest library is implemented by ``tests/qtest/libqtest.c`` and the API is -defined in ``tests/qtest/libqtest.h``. - -Consider adding a new QTest case when you are introducing a new virtual -hardware, or extending one if you are adding functionalities to an existing -virtual device. - -On top of libqtest, a higher level library, ``libqos``, was created to -encapsulate common tasks of device drivers, such as memory management and -communicating with system buses or devices. Many virtual device tests use -libqos instead of directly calling into libqtest. - -Steps to add a new QTest case are: - -1. Create a new source file for the test. (More than one file can be added as - necessary.) For example, ``tests/qtest/foo-test.c``. - -2. Write the test code with the glib and libqtest/libqos API. See also existing - tests and the library headers for reference. - -3. Register the new test in ``tests/qtest/Makefile.include``. Add the test - executable name to an appropriate ``check-qtest-*-y`` variable. For example: - - ``check-qtest-generic-y = tests/qtest/foo-test$(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)`` - -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 -``QTEST_QEMU_BINARY`` and ``QTEST_QEMU_IMG``, and also because it is not easy -to attach gdb to the QEMU process spawned from the test. But manual invoking -and using gdb on the test is still simple to do: find out the actual command -from the output of - -.. code:: - - make check-qtest V=1 - -which you can run manually. - QAPI schema tests ----------------- |