* Anthony Liguori <aligu...@us.ibm.com> [2011-08-08 14:33]: > This is a simple tool that I've been using for the past couple months to help > with day-to-day testing of changes. It may seem like it's similar to > kvm-autotest but it's actually quite different. Most noticably: > > - It's a coverage test instead of an acceptance test. Each time it runs it > uses a slightly a semi-random configuration for the guest. This means that > the more you run it, the more coverage you get. This is a good fit for > maintainer testing because you get wide testing without having to wait for > 48-hour test cycles. > > - It runs in the foreground as an unprivileged user. This means I can kick > it > off in a terminal while I go off and do something else, but still keep an > eye on what's going on. > > - It works with TCG guests too and includes a TCG test case for the pseries > Power machine. > > That said, it's *not* a replacement for KVM autotest. It is not a good tool > for doing acceptance testing, like you would do to cut a new QEMU release. > But > perhaps there's some behavior that could be leveraged by KVM autotest in the > future here. > > I'm not proposing this for tree inclusion right now. Just sharing a tool that > I've found to be useful. I really just want the previous patch to go in so > that > I can stop carrying that patch privately. > > Right now, you need to setup an ISO directory to use the test tool. After > copy-on-read lands in the tree, I plan on making it create CoR files backing > to > http so that no explicit setup is required. > --- > test-linux.c | 549 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 549 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 test-linux.c
I needed the following changes to the Makefile to build this.. diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 8606849..b7df0e1 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ check-qlist: check-qlist.o qlist.o qint.o $(CHECK_PROG_DEPS) check-qfloat: check-qfloat.o qfloat.o $(CHECK_PROG_DEPS) check-qjson: check-qjson.o qfloat.o qint.o qdict.o qstring.o qlist.o qbool.o qjson.o json-streamer.o json-lexer.o js test-coroutine: test-coroutine.o qemu-timer-common.o async.o $(coroutine-obj-y) $(CHECK_PROG_DEPS) +test-linux: test-linux.o $(CHECK_PROG_DEPS) $(qapi-obj-y): $(GENERATED_HEADERS) qapi-dir := qapi-generated -- Ryan Harper Software Engineer; Linux Technology Center IBM Corp., Austin, Tx ry...@us.ibm.com
