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authorPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2020-02-04 16:12:31 +0000
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2020-02-04 16:12:31 +0000
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/huth-gitlab/tags/pull-request-2020-02-04' into staging
* Current qtests queue * Some Kconfig updates * Some trivial clean-ups here and there # gpg: Signature made Tue 04 Feb 2020 08:43:28 GMT # gpg: using RSA key 27B88847EEE0250118F3EAB92ED9D774FE702DB5 # gpg: issuer "thuth@redhat.com" # gpg: Good signature from "Thomas Huth <th.huth@gmx.de>" [full] # gpg: aka "Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>" [full] # gpg: aka "Thomas Huth <huth@tuxfamily.org>" [full] # gpg: aka "Thomas Huth <th.huth@posteo.de>" [unknown] # Primary key fingerprint: 27B8 8847 EEE0 2501 18F3 EAB9 2ED9 D774 FE70 2DB5 * remotes/huth-gitlab/tags/pull-request-2020-02-04: configure: Fix typo of the have_afalg variable hw/hppa/Kconfig: LASI chipset requires PARALLEL port hw/input: Do not enable CONFIG_PCKBD by default Makefile: Do not use wildcard hw/*/Kconfig as input for minikconf hw/*/Makefile.objs: Move many .o files to common-objs trivial: Remove xenfb_enabled from sysemu.h include/sysemu/sysemu.h: Remove usused variable no_quit gitlab-ci: Refresh the list of iotests tests/qtest: update comments about bios-tables-test-allowed-diff.h boot-order-test: fix memleaks in boot-order-test tests/Makefile: Fix inclusion of the qos dependency files docs/devel: Fix qtest paths and info about check-block in testing.rst tests/vhost-user-bridge: Fix build test-logging: Fix -Werror=maybe-uninitialized warning Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/docs/devel/testing.rst b/docs/devel/testing.rst
index ab5be0c..770a987 100644
--- a/docs/devel/testing.rst
+++ b/docs/devel/testing.rst
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ The usual way to run these tests is:
make check
-which includes QAPI schema tests, unit tests, and QTests. Different sub-types
-of "make check" tests will be explained below.
+which includes QAPI schema tests, unit tests, QTests and some iotests.
+Different sub-types of "make check" tests will be explained below.
Before running tests, it is best to build QEMU programs first. Some tests
expect the executables to exist and will fail with obscure messages if they
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ QTest cases can be executed with
make check-qtest
-The QTest library is implemented by ``tests/libqtest.c`` and the API is defined
-in ``tests/libqtest.h``.
+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
@@ -94,20 +94,20 @@ 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/test-foo-device.c``.
+ 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/Makefile.include``. Add the test executable
- name to an appropriate ``check-qtest-*-y`` variable. For example:
+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/test-foo-device$(EXESUF)``
+ ``check-qtest-generic-y = tests/qtest/foo-test$(EXESUF)``
4. Add object dependencies of the executable in the Makefile, including the
test source file(s) and other interesting objects. For example:
- ``tests/test-foo-device$(EXESUF): tests/test-foo-device.o $(libqos-obj-y)``
+ ``tests/qtest/foo-test$(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
@@ -152,8 +152,9 @@ parser (either fixing a bug or extending/modifying the syntax). To do this:
check-block
-----------
-``make check-block`` is a legacy command to invoke block layer iotests and is
-rarely used. See "QEMU iotests" section below for more information.
+``make check-block`` runs a subset of the block layer iotests (the tests that
+are in the "auto" group in ``tests/qemu-iotests/group``).
+See the "QEMU iotests" section below for more information.
GCC gcov support
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