Re: [PATCH] kvm-unit-test: more documentation and runner script

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On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 03:10:01PM -0300, Lucas Meneghel Rodrigues wrote:
> On 02/27/2013 12:55 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >Add documentation about using qemu-system for unit tests.
> >Add runner script to select the correct binary and flags.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >---
> >  README  | 10 +++++++++-
> >  x86-run | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >  create mode 100755 x86-run
> >
> >diff --git a/README b/README
> >index 4ceb869..214397c 100644
> >--- a/README
> >+++ b/README
> >@@ -10,10 +10,18 @@ To create the tests' images just type 'make' in this directory.
> >  Tests' images created in ./<ARCH>/*.flat
> >
> >  An example of a test invocation:
> >-qemu-system-x86_64 -device testdev,chardev=testlog -chardev file,id=testlog,path=msr.out -serial stdio -kernel ./x86/msr.flat
> >+Using qemu-kvm:
> >+
> >+qemu-kvm -device testdev,chardev=testlog -chardev file,id=testlog,path=msr.out -serial stdio -kernel ./x86/msr.flat
> >  This invocation runs the msr test case. The test outputs to stdio.
> >
> >+Using qemu (supported since qemu 1.3):
> >+qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -device pc-testdev -serial stdio -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x4 -kernel ./x86/msr.flat
> 
> I think it is worth here to point out that with new qemu, after the
> unittest is done, the exit status of qemu is 1, different from the
> 'old style', whose exit status in successful completion is 0.
> 
> >+Or use a runner script to detect the correct invocation:
> >+./x86-run ./x86/msr.flat
> >+To select a specific qemu binary, specify the QEMU=<path> environment:
> >+QEMU=/tmp/qemu/x86_64-softmmu/qemu-system-x86_64 ./x86-run ./x86/msr.flat
> >
> >  Directory structure:
> >  .:  Makefile and config files for the tests
> >diff --git a/x86-run b/x86-run
> >new file mode 100755
> >index 0000000..cf1d38a
> >--- /dev/null
> >+++ b/x86-run
> >@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
> >+#!/usr/bin/bash
> >+
> >+qemukvm="${QEMU:-qemu-kvm}"
> >+qemusystem="${QEMU:-qemu-system-x86_64}"
> >+if
> >+	${qemukvm} -device '?' 2>&1 | fgrep -e \"testdev\" -e \"pc-testdev\" > /dev/null;
> >+then
> >+	qemu="${qemukvm}"
> >+else
> >+	if
> >+		${qemsystem} -device '?' 2>&1 | fgrep -e \"testdev\" -e \"pc-testdev\" > /dev/null;
> >+	then
> >+		qemu="${qemusystem}"
> >+	else
> >+		echo QEMU binary ${QEMU} has no support for test device. Exiting.
> >+		exit 1
> >+	fi
> >+fi
> >+
> >+if
> >+	${qemu} -device '?' 2>&1 | fgrep "pc-testdev" > /dev/null;
> >+then
> >+	command="${qemu} -enable-kvm -device pc-testdev -serial stdio -device isa-debug-exit,iobase=0xf4,iosize=0x4 -kernel"
> >+else
> >+	command="${qemu} -device testdev,chardev=testlog -chardev file,id=testlog,path=msr.out -serial stdio -kernel ./x86/msr.flat"
> >+fi
> >+exec ${command} "$@"
> 
> ^ What about checking the exit status of qemu here and print
> something like "test $@ PASS" or "test $@ FAIL"?

How do we know how to interpret it?
Overall I think it's best to rely on test output
than on return status.

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MST
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