* Re: [PATCH v4] app/test: add support for skipping tests
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@ 2023-10-20 15:08 ` Bruce Richardson
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From: Bruce Richardson @ 2023-10-20 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Patrick Robb
Cc: Aaron Conole, David Marchand, dev, Thomas Monjalon,
Kevin Traynor, Lincoln Lavoie, stable
+stable on CC, to allow it be considered for possible backport. It's a
change to the unit test app, so not affecting any ABI or any end-user app.
On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 11:02:07AM -0400, Patrick Robb wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 4:03 PM Patrick Robb <[1]probb@iol.unh.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Yes, backporting would be ideal from a CI perspective because without
> it we can't run arm64 testing on LTS tests. But I know there are other
> considerations which also have to be weighed.
> David also has a patch[1] which should resolve the underlying issue
> which introduces the failures on the unit test we want to skip. If that
> patch is accepted, and backported, fixing our original problem with
> unit testing on our arm testbeds, that's another solution, at least for
> this specific unit test issue.
> It would still be nice to have this feature in case we need it
> otherwise.
> [1] [2]https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230821085806.30626
> 13-4-david.marchand@redhat.com/
>
> Hi. just to close the loops on this, yes David's aforementioned patch
> did resolve the unit test failure which was preventing us from running
> fast-tests on our arm64 test beds. But, it is not (yet, at least)
> backported for LTS releases.
> Even if it were, having Bruce's patch here backported would mean the CI
> testing approach could be common across releases in situations where
> testcases have to be skipped.
> Anyways, whether it's possible or "worth it" is ultimately down to the
> community's bandwidth, but I didn't want to let the conversation lapse
> without an update, and raising what the benefits would be.
> In any case, thanks again Bruce for the rework, it's a great addition.
>
> References
>
> 1. mailto:probb@iol.unh.edu
> 2. https://patches.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20230821085806.3062613-4-david.marchand@redhat.com/
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