Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/7] Qtest driver framework

[Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>]

Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 11:11:29AM +0200, Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito wrote:
>> This work is being done as Google Summer of Code 2018 project for QEMU,
>> my mentors are Paolo Bonzini and Laurent Vivier.
>> Additional infos on the project can be found at:
>> https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/qtest_driver_framework
>
> Thanks, I've finished reviewing this version.  It looks like a good
> start!
>
> The main challenge to me seems "how can we make tests simpler?".  The
> presence of a new API and object model raises the bar for writing and
> running tests.  I hope all qtests will use qgraph but if the complexity
> is too high then qgraph may only be used in a few niche cases where
> authors think it's worth abstracting machine types and others will
> continue to write qtests without qgraph.

The #1 reason for writing code a certain way is following existing
examples.  As long as "qtest without qgraph" is prevalent in existing
tests, it'll remain prevalent in new tests.  I'm afraid we'll need a
conversion effort.

> What are the next steps and do you have plans for making qgraph more
> integral to libqos?

Good questions.