21/04/2020 13:12, Neil Horman: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 04:42:38PM +0100, Ray Kinsella wrote: > > On 17/04/2020 13:10, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 17/04/2020 13:47, Ray Kinsella: > > >> On 17/04/2020 11:20, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > >>> 17/04/2020 12:11, Ray Kinsella: > > >>>> check-abi.sh appears to be backward step in terms of usability. > > >>> > > >>> No, check-abi.sh benefits from a nice integration in build scripts. > > >>> See below. > > >>> > > >>>> With validate-abi.sh I do can do a "validate-abi.sh HEAD~1 HEAD". > > >>>> And it will do the build, install, dump and comparison for me. > > >>>> And it picked up my 20.0.2 - > 21.0 changes no problem. > > >>>> > > >>>> With check-abi on the other hand, I need to the build and install > > >>>> myself. > > >>>> check-abi requires dump files, but I see no reference in the > > >>>> documentation to how these are created. > > >>>> It silently fails when it doesn't find any ... > > >>>> > > >>>> Do I run abi-dumper on the so's myself, or how does it work? > > >>> > > >>> check-abi.sh is integrated in test-build.sh and test-meson-builds.sh. > > >>> Probably we should document usage in these scripts. > > >> > > >> Looks like I need to set DPDK_ABI_REF_VERSION=master, not obvious. > > >> Any tips or tricks would be welcome. > > > > > > export DPDK_ABI_REF_VERSION=v20.02 > > > or > > > export DPDK_ABI_REF_VERSION=v19.11 > > > > > > Depends on which compatibility you want to test... > > > > > > > Few things ... > > > > 1. test-meson-build.sh keep barfing complaining about reference paths. > > ValueError: dst_dir must be absolute, got > > reference/v19.11/build-gcc-static/usr/local/share/dpdk/examples/bbdev_app > > > > Under the hood, ninja install is failing complaining that it needs an > > absolute path. > > I fixed this in test_meson_build.sh and will send a patch in a minute. > > Though it's strange no-one else has seen it? > > > > 2. test-meson-build.sh compares the abi for the static builds, which > > doesn't make any sense. > > > > 3. test-meson-build.sh will only take a branch in DPDK_ABI_REF_VERSION that > > exists locally. > > In order to get it to compare HEAD against HEAD~1, which you would imagine > > is a pretty common case. > > I had a create a branch for HEAD~1, in validate-abi this a pretty simple > > `validate-abi HEAD~1 HEAD` > > > I think this code in test-meson-build.sh should probably be fixed: > > if [ ! -d $abirefdir/src ]; then > git clone --local --no-hardlinks \ > --single-branch \ > -b $DPDK_ABI_REF_VERSION \ > $srcdir $abirefdir/src > fi > > Like you noted, using -b allows us to checkout a tag/branch in the cloned > repository but requires that it exist locally. We should probably prefix the > checkout with a git fetch --tags
I don't understand your concern. A reference is an older version, so it should be in the git tree.
