From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dpdk.org (dpdk.org [92.243.14.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 764FDA0598; Tue, 21 Apr 2020 20:57:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [92.243.14.124] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E85BD1D42B; Tue, 21 Apr 2020 20:57:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp.tuxdriver.com (charlotte.tuxdriver.com [70.61.120.58]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 561B51D413 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 2020 20:57:08 +0200 (CEST) Received: from 2606-a000-111b-6132-0000-0000-0000-1bf2.inf6.spectrum.com ([2606:a000:111b:6132::1bf2] helo=localhost) by smtp.tuxdriver.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1jQy4i-0000fs-IR; Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:57:03 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 14:56:51 -0400 From: Neil Horman To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: Ray Kinsella , dev@dpdk.org, david.marchand@redhat.com Message-ID: <20200421185651.GB763162@hmswarspite.think-freely.org> References: <20200416145414.262296-1-nhorman@tuxdriver.com> <20200421111230.GA763162@hmswarspite.think-freely.org> <2208997.NG923GbCHz@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2208997.NG923GbCHz@thomas> X-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCHv3] Remove validate-abi.sh from tree X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org Sender: "dev" On Tue, Apr 21, 2020 at 01:46:43PM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 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. > yes, but not unless you've done a recent pull or fetch. If you set DPDK_ABI_REF_VERSION to a tag/branch that didn't exist as of the last time you updated the tree, it won't be there (which it sounds like what is being encountered here). You can fix that by doing a git pull or git fetch prior to running this script (or internal to the script) Neil > >