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From: David Marchand <david.marchand@redhat.com>
To: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org, "Tyler Retzlaff" <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>,
	"Thomas Monjalon" <thomas@monjalon.net>,
	"Morten Brørup" <mb@smartsharesystems.com>,
	"Aaron Conole" <aconole@redhat.com>,
	ci@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] replace build code for unit tests
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 10:46:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJFAV8yqP35prctj_60saj7bSJCZ4a-rChbrh8fgqSUDMse4tQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230721115125.55137-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com>

Hello Bruce,

On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 1:51 PM Bruce Richardson
<bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
>
> While working on series such as [1] to make DPDK builds more
> configurable, the majority of the complexity involved centered on the
> unit tests, and ensuring that the individual files were added/removed
> from the build as the components were enabled/disabled.
>
> This complexity was exacerbated by:
> * C files having multiple dependencies, specifically,
> * Some libraries having one set of independent tests, while other
>   library tests requiring additional components
> * Having to maintain lists of tests in various suites which also needed
>   to be updated, depending on component availability.
> * Everything having to be checked via if-else clauses, since this was
>   not data-driven
>
> This RFC attempts to address these issues by doing the following:
> * Creating a per-file dependency list for the autotests, allowing easy
>   checks of when a file could be built
> * Tagging the various fast-tests/perf-tests/drivers-tests suites via
>   macros in the C code. Then scan the C-files we are building to
>   construct the test suites based on what is available

I did not look into the implementation details too much but I like the idea.

>
>
> This RFC is just an early prototype, and probably needs cleanup and
> validation of the dependency lists. Windows support is probably also
> broken, given the fact that our current build file maintains custom
> lists there. However, I would hope it should not be too big a job to
> enable the unit tests for the windows components that are already
> available. (Tests for any components not being build on windows are
> already removed via the dependency lists).
>
> Another (hopefully less-impactful) side-effect of this change is that
> the "test" binary has moved in the build folder. It is now put
> along-side the other binaries in "build/app" rather than being in the
> subdirectory "build/app/test".

Cc: ci people.

It may break some CI scripts but it is hard to tell which one.
As far as testsuites we run in GHA or UNH are concerned, it is done
through meson test so we are good on this side.


>
> Future work could also be done to scan the C files that are not being
> build for tests. Those tests could then be stubbed out in an
> auto-genereated file to always return "SKIPPED", meaning that all test
> commands are always valid, irrespective of what components are present
> or not.
>
> [1] http://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/list/?series=28628&state=10
>
> Bruce Richardson (5):
>   app/test: add new macros for various test types
>   app/test: tag tests with the test type
>   app/test: build using per-file dependency matrix
>   app/test: define unit tests suites based on test macros
>   app/test: add fast test suite to new build infrastructure
>
>  app/meson.build                               |  15 +-
>  app/test/meson.build                          | 796 +++++-------------
>  app/test/suites/meson.build                   |  75 ++
>  app/test/test.h                               |   9 +-
>  app/test/test_acl.c                           |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_atomic.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_barrier.c                       |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_bitmap.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_bitops.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_bpf.c                           |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_byteorder.c                     |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_cksum.c                         |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_cmdline.c                       |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_common.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_cpuflags.c                      |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_crc.c                           |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_cryptodev.c                     |  38 +-
>  app/test/test_cryptodev_asym.c                |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_cycles.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_debug.c                         |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_devargs.c                       |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_distributor.c                   |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_distributor_perf.c              |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_dmadev.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_eal_flags.c                     |  24 +-
>  app/test/test_eal_fs.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_efd.c                           |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_efd_perf.c                      |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_errno.c                         |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_ethdev_link.c                   |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_event_ring.c                    |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_eventdev.c                      |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_fbarray.c                       |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_fib.c                           |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_fib6.c                          |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_fib6_perf.c                     |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_fib_perf.c                      |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_func_reentrancy.c               |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_hash.c                          |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_hash_functions.c                |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_hash_multiwriter.c              |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_hash_perf.c                     |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_hash_readwrite.c                |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_hash_readwrite_lf_perf.c        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_interrupts.c                    |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_ipfrag.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_ipsec.c                         |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_ipsec_perf.c                    |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_kni.c                           |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_kvargs.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_lcores.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_logs.c                          |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_lpm.c                           |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_lpm6.c                          |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_lpm6_perf.c                     |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_lpm_perf.c                      |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_malloc.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_malloc_perf.c                   |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_mbuf.c                          |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_mcslock.c                       |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_member.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_member_perf.c                   |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_memcpy.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_memcpy_perf.c                   |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_memory.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_mempool.c                       |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_mempool_perf.c                  |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_memzone.c                       |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_meter.c                         |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_mp_secondary.c                  |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_per_lcore.c                     |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_pflock.c                        |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_pie.c                           |   6 +-
>  app/test/test_pmd_perf.c                      |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_power.c                         |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_power_cpufreq.c                 |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_power_intel_uncore.c            |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_power_kvm_vm.c                  |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_prefetch.c                      |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_rand_perf.c                     |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_rcu_qsbr.c                      |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_rcu_qsbr_perf.c                 |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_reassembly_perf.c               |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_reciprocal_division.c           |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_reciprocal_division_perf.c      |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_red.c                           |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_reorder.c                       |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_rib.c                           |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_rib6.c                          |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_ring.c                          |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_ring_perf.c                     |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_rwlock.c                        |   8 +-
>  app/test/test_sched.c                         |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_security.c                      |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_seqlock.c                       |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_service_cores.c                 |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_spinlock.c                      |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_stack.c                         |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_stack_perf.c                    |   4 +-
>  app/test/test_string_fns.c                    |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_tailq.c                         |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_thash.c                         |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_thash_perf.c                    |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_threads.c                       |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_ticketlock.c                    |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_timer.c                         |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_timer_perf.c                    |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_timer_racecond.c                |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_trace.c                         |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_trace_perf.c                    |   2 +-
>  app/test/test_version.c                       |   2 +-
>  buildtools/get-test-suites.py                 |  33 +
>  .../has-hugepages.py                          |   0
>  buildtools/meson.build                        |   2 +
>  114 files changed, 478 insertions(+), 754 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 app/test/suites/meson.build
>  create mode 100644 buildtools/get-test-suites.py
>  rename app/test/has_hugepage.py => buildtools/has-hugepages.py (100%)
>
> --
> 2.39.2
>


-- 
David Marchand


       reply	other threads:[~2023-08-08  8:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20230721115125.55137-1-bruce.richardson@intel.com>
2023-08-08  8:46 ` David Marchand [this message]
2023-08-09 14:53   ` Patrick Robb
2023-08-09 15:05     ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-09 15:39       ` Patrick Robb
2023-08-14 15:16 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] expand list of optional libraries Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 15:16   ` [PATCH v2 1/8] app/test: add new macros for various test types Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 15:16   ` [PATCH v2 2/8] app/test: tag tests with the test type Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 15:16   ` [PATCH v2 3/8] app/test: make telemetry data test buildable on windows Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 15:16   ` [PATCH v2 4/8] app/test: build using per-file dependency matrix Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 15:16   ` [PATCH v2 5/8] app/test: define unit tests suites based on test macros Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 15:16   ` [PATCH v2 6/8] examples/l3fwd: make eventdev an optional dependency Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 15:16   ` [PATCH v2 7/8] build: make most device classes optional Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 15:16   ` [PATCH v2 8/8] build: expand list of optional libraries Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 15:22   ` [PATCH v2 0/8] " Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 18:20 ` [PATCH v3 " Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 18:20   ` [PATCH v3 1/8] app/test: add new macros for various test types Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 18:20   ` [PATCH v3 2/8] app/test: tag tests with the test type Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 18:20   ` [PATCH v3 3/8] app/test: make telemetry data test buildable on windows Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 18:21   ` [PATCH v3 4/8] app/test: build using per-file dependency matrix Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 18:21   ` [PATCH v3 5/8] app/test: define unit tests suites based on test macros Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 18:21   ` [PATCH v3 6/8] examples/l3fwd: make eventdev an optional dependency Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 18:21   ` [PATCH v3 7/8] build: make most device classes optional Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 18:21   ` [PATCH v3 8/8] build: expand list of optional libraries Bruce Richardson
2023-08-14 18:33   ` [PATCH v3 0/8] " Morten Brørup
2023-08-15 13:13 ` [PATCH v4 " Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 13:13   ` [PATCH v4 1/8] app/test: add new macros for various test types Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 13:13   ` [PATCH v4 2/8] app/test: tag tests with the test type Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 13:13   ` [PATCH v4 3/8] app/test: make telemetry data test buildable on windows Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 13:13   ` [PATCH v4 4/8] app/test: build using per-file dependency matrix Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 13:13   ` [PATCH v4 5/8] app/test: define unit tests suites based on test macros Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 13:13   ` [PATCH v4 6/8] examples/l3fwd: make eventdev an optional dependency Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 13:13   ` [PATCH v4 7/8] build: make most device classes optional Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 13:13   ` [PATCH v4 8/8] build: expand list of optional libraries Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 13:15   ` [PATCH v4 0/8] " Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 15:10 ` [PATCH v5 00/10] " Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 15:10   ` [PATCH v5 01/10] app/test: add new macros for various test types Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 15:10   ` [PATCH v5 02/10] app/test: tag tests with the test type Bruce Richardson
2023-08-16 14:56     ` David Marchand
2023-08-16 15:05       ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 15:10   ` [PATCH v5 03/10] app/test: make telemetry data test buildable on windows Bruce Richardson
2023-08-21 15:50     ` Tyler Retzlaff
2023-08-15 15:10   ` [PATCH v5 04/10] app/test: build using per-file dependency matrix Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 19:05     ` Patrick Robb
2023-08-16 10:56       ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-16 12:55       ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-16 14:40         ` David Marchand
2023-08-16 18:29           ` Patrick Robb
2023-08-16 19:26             ` David Marchand
2023-08-16 20:38               ` Patrick Robb
2023-08-18  7:07               ` David Marchand
2023-08-18 22:33                 ` Patrick Robb
2023-08-18 23:26                   ` Patrick Robb
2023-08-21  7:12                     ` David Marchand
2023-08-21 14:32                       ` Patrick Robb
2023-08-17  7:27             ` David Marchand
2023-08-17  8:46               ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-17 18:30               ` Patrick Robb
2023-08-15 15:10   ` [PATCH v5 05/10] app/test: define unit tests suites based on test macros Bruce Richardson
2023-08-16 11:02     ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-16 11:15       ` David Marchand
2023-08-16 11:40         ` David Marchand
2023-08-16 12:33           ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-16 13:16             ` Olivier Matz
2023-08-16 13:35               ` Morten Brørup
2023-08-16 13:44                 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-16 14:57     ` David Marchand
2023-08-16 15:06       ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 15:10   ` [PATCH v5 06/10] app/test: add test case for scripted telemetry commands Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 15:10   ` [PATCH v5 07/10] app/test: add debug test suite Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 15:10   ` [PATCH v5 08/10] examples/l3fwd: make eventdev an optional dependency Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 15:10   ` [PATCH v5 09/10] build: make most device classes optional Bruce Richardson
2023-08-15 15:12   ` [PATCH v5 10/10] build: expand list of optional libraries Bruce Richardson

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