Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] devtools: control location of test builds

["Trahe, Fiona" <fiona.trahe@intel.com>]

HI Bruce, Thomas,
Doesn't the RTE_OUTPUT environment var already resolve this issue?
Fiona

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev <dev-bounces@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Monjalon
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 11:01 PM
> To: Mcnamara, John <john.mcnamara@intel.com>; Kovacevic, Marko <marko.kovacevic@intel.com>
> Cc: david.marchand@redhat.com; Yigit, Ferruh <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>; dev@dpdk.org; Richardson,
> Bruce <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] devtools: control location of test builds
> 
> From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> 
> By default, both test-build.sh and test-meson-builds.sh scripts create the
> builds they generate in the current working directory, leading to a large
> number of build directories being present when testing patches. This
> patchset modifies both scripts to use a DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR environment
> variable to control where the build outputs are put.
> 
> For example, doing:
>     export DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR=__builds
>     ./devtools/test-meson-builds.sh && ./devtools/test-build.sh \
>             x86_64-native-linux-clang+shared i686-native-linux-gcc
> 
> gives a "__builds" directory with 14 meson and 2 make builds (with the
> meson build count depending on compiler availability)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
> ---
> v2:
> - rename DPDK_TEST_BUILD_DIR to DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR
> - add comment in devtools/test-build.sh and its guide section
> - load from config file in test-meson-builds.sh
> ---
>  devtools/test-build.sh              | 4 +++-
>  devtools/test-meson-builds.sh       | 9 ++++++---
>  doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst | 7 +++++++
>  3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/devtools/test-build.sh b/devtools/test-build.sh
> index 2bedbdb980..f55d3120aa 100755
> --- a/devtools/test-build.sh
> +++ b/devtools/test-build.sh
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ default_path=$PATH
>  # Load config options:
>  # - ARMV8_CRYPTO_LIB_PATH
>  # - DPDK_BUILD_TEST_CONFIGS (defconfig1+option1+option2 defconfig2)
> +# - DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR
>  # - DPDK_DEP_ARCHIVE
>  # - DPDK_DEP_BPF (y/[n])
>  # - DPDK_DEP_CFLAGS
> @@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ print_help () {
>  [ -z $MAKE ] && echo "Cannot find make or gmake" && exit 1
> 
>  J=$DPDK_MAKE_JOBS
> +builds_dir=${DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR:-.}
>  short=false
>  unset verbose
>  maxerr=-Wfatal-errors
> @@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ for conf in $configs ; do
>  	. $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/load-devel-config
> 
>  	options=$(echo $conf | sed 's,[^~+]*,,')
> -	dir=$conf
> +	dir=$builds_dir/$conf
>  	config $dir $target $options
> 
>  	echo "================== Build $dir"
> diff --git a/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh b/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
> index 07d42985e6..571deec257 100755
> --- a/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
> +++ b/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
> @@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ PIPEFAIL=""
>  set -o | grep -q pipefail && set -o pipefail && PIPEFAIL=1
> 
>  srcdir=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/..
> +. $srcdir/devtools/load-devel-config
> +
>  MESON=${MESON:-meson}
>  use_shared="--default-library=shared"
> +builds_dir=${DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR:-.}
> 
>  if command -v gmake >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then
>  	MAKE=gmake
> @@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ load_env () # <target compiler>
> 
>  build () # <directory> <target compiler> <meson options>
>  {
> -	builddir=$1
> +	builddir=$builds_dir/$1
>  	shift
>  	targetcc=$1
>  	shift
> @@ -125,8 +128,8 @@ done
> 
>  # Test installation of the x86-default target, to be used for checking
>  # the sample apps build using the pkg-config file for cflags and libs
> -build_path=build-x86-default
> -export DESTDIR=$(pwd)/$build_path/install-root
> +build_path=$(readlink -f $builds_dir/build-x86-default)
> +export DESTDIR=$build_path/install-root
>  $ninja_cmd -C $build_path install
> 
>  load_env cc
> diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> index 2140303464..e3246aca5e 100644
> --- a/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> +++ b/doc/guides/contributing/patches.rst
> @@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ Examples of configs are::
>  The builds can be modified via the following environmental variables:
> 
>  * ``DPDK_BUILD_TEST_CONFIGS`` (target1+option1+option2 target2)
> +* ``DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR``
>  * ``DPDK_DEP_CFLAGS``
>  * ``DPDK_DEP_LDFLAGS``
>  * ``DPDK_DEP_PCAP`` (y/[n])
> @@ -495,6 +496,12 @@ Compilation of patches is to be tested with ``devtools/test-meson-builds.sh`` sc
> 
>  The script internally checks for dependencies, then builds for several
>  combinations of compilation configuration.
> +By default, each build will be put in a subfolder of the current working directory.
> +However, if it is preferred to place the builds in a different location,
> +the environment variable ``DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR`` can be set to that desired location.
> +For example, setting ``DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR=__builds`` will put all builds
> +in a single subfolder called "__builds" created in the current directory.
> +Setting ``DPDK_BUILD_TEST_DIR`` to an absolute directory path e.g. ``/tmp`` is also supported.
> 
> 
>  Sending Patches
> --
> 2.23.0