From: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>
To: Andrew Jones <drjones@redhat.com>
Cc: lvivier@redhat.com, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, thuth@redhat.com,
frankja@linux.ibm.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org, david@redhat.com,
andre.przywara@arm.com, cohuck@redhat.com,
kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, vivek.gautam@arm.com, maz@kernel.org,
pbonzini@redhat.com, imbrenda@linux.ibm.com,
kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 3/5] run_tests.sh: Add kvmtool support
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2021 12:33:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <58d25f89-ff19-2dbc-81bc-3224b8baa9fb@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210908154943.z7d6bhww3pnbaftd@gator>
Hi Drew,
On 9/8/21 4:49 PM, Andrew Jones wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 04:46:19PM +0100, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
>> Hi Drew,
>>
>> On 9/8/21 4:09 PM, Andrew Jones wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 08, 2021 at 03:33:19PM +0100, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
>>> ...
>>>>>> +fixup_kvmtool_opts()
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> + local opts=$1
>>>>>> + local groups=$2
>>>>>> + local gic
>>>>>> + local gic_version
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + if find_word "pmu" $groups; then
>>>>>> + opts+=" --pmu"
>>>>>> + fi
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + if find_word "its" $groups; then
>>>>>> + gic_version=3
>>>>>> + gic="gicv3-its"
>>>>>> + elif [[ "$opts" =~ -machine\ *gic-version=(2|3) ]]; then
>>>>>> + gic_version="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
>>>>>> + gic="gicv$gic_version"
>>>>>> + fi
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + if [ -n "$gic" ]; then
>>>>>> + opts=${opts/-machine gic-version=$gic_version/}
>>>>>> + opts+=" --irqchip=$gic"
>>>>>> + fi
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + opts=${opts/-append/--params}
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> + echo "$opts"
>>>>>> +}
>>>>> Hmm, I don't think we want to write a QEMU parameter translator for
>>>>> all other VMMs, and all other VMM architectures, that we want to
>>>>> support. I think we should add new "extra_params" variables to the
>>>>> unittest configuration instead, e.g. "kvmtool_params", where the
>>>>> extra parameters can be listed correctly and explicitly. While at
>>>>> it, I would create an alias for "extra_params", which would be
>>>>> "qemu_params" allowing unittests that support more than one VMM
>>>>> to clearly show what's what.
>>>> I agree, this is a much better idea than a parameter translator. Using a dedicated
>>>> variable in unittests.cfg will make it easier for new tests to get support for all
>>>> VMMs (for example, writing a list of parameters in unittests.cfg should be easier
>>>> than digging through the scripts to figure exactly how and where to add a
>>>> translation for a new parameter), and it allow us to express parameters for other
>>>> VMMs which don't have a direct correspondent in qemu.
>>>>
>>>> By creating an alias, do you mean replacing extra_params with qemu_params in
>>>> arm/unittests.cfg? Or something else?
>>> Probably something like this
>>>
>>> diff --git a/scripts/common.bash b/scripts/common.bash
>>> index 7b983f7d6dd6..e5119ff216e5 100644
>>> --- a/scripts/common.bash
>>> +++ b/scripts/common.bash
>>> @@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ function for_each_unittest()
>>> elif [[ $line =~ ^smp\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
>>> smp=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
>>> elif [[ $line =~ ^extra_params\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
>>> - opts=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
>>> + elif [[ $line =~ ^extra_params\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
>>> + qemu_opts=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
>>> + elif [[ $line =~ ^qemu_params\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
>>> + qemu_opts=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
>>> + elif [[ $line =~ ^kvmtool_params\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
>>> + kvmtool_opts=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
>>> elif [[ $line =~ ^groups\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
>>> groups=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
>>> elif [[ $line =~ ^arch\ *=\ *(.*)$ ]]; then
>>>
>>> and all other changes needed to support the s/opts/qemu_opts/ change
>>> should work. Also, an addition to the unittests.cfg documentation.
>> Got it, replace extra_opts with qemu_opts in the scripts.
>>
>> Yes, the documentation for unittests.cfg (at the top of the file) should
>> definitely be updated to document the new configuration option, kvmtool_params.
>>
>>> The above diff doesn't consider that a unittests.cfg file could have
>>> both an 'extra_params' and a 'qemu_params' field, but I'm not sure
>>> we care about that. Users should read the documentation and we
>>> should review changes to the committed unittests.cfg files to avoid
>>> that.
>> What do you feel about renaming extra_params -> qemu_params in unittests.cfg?
> Yes, that's what I would expect the patch to do.
>
>> I'm
>> thinking it would make the usage clearer, improve consistency (we would have
>> qemu_params and kvmtool_params, instead of extra_params and kvmtool_params), and
>> remove any confusions regarding when they are used (I can see someone thinking
>> that extra_params are used all the time, and are appended to kvmtool_params when
>> --target=kvmtool). On the other hand, this could be problematic for people using
>> out-of-tree scripts that parse the unittest.cfg file for whatever reason (are
>> there people that do that?).
> I'm not as worried about that as about people using out-of-tree
> unittests.cfg files that will break when the 'extra_params' field
> disappears. That's why I suggested to make 'extra_params' an alias.
I'm sorry, but I'm still having trouble parsing what alias means in this context.
Do you mean keep extra_params for current tests, encourage qemu_params for new
tests, document that they mean the same thing and going forward qemu_params should
be used?
Thanks,
Alex
>
> Thanks,
> drew
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> drew
>>>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-09 11:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-07-02 16:31 [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 0/5] arm: Add kvmtool to the runner script Alexandru Elisei
2021-07-02 16:31 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 1/5] lib: arm: Print test exit status on exit if chr-testdev is not available Alexandru Elisei
2021-07-12 16:36 ` Andrew Jones
2021-09-06 10:20 ` Alexandru Elisei
2021-09-06 10:58 ` Andrew Jones
2021-09-06 11:06 ` Alexandru Elisei
2021-07-12 16:51 ` Andre Przywara
2021-07-12 17:07 ` Andrew Jones
2021-07-12 17:12 ` Nadav Amit
2021-07-02 16:31 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 2/5] scripts: Rename run_qemu_status -> run_test_status Alexandru Elisei
2021-07-12 16:37 ` Andrew Jones
2021-07-13 7:45 ` Thomas Huth
2021-07-02 16:31 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 3/5] run_tests.sh: Add kvmtool support Alexandru Elisei
2021-07-12 16:52 ` Andre Przywara
2021-09-06 10:28 ` Alexandru Elisei
2021-09-06 11:01 ` Andrew Jones
2021-09-06 11:07 ` Alexandru Elisei
2021-09-07 10:17 ` Andrew Jones
2021-09-08 14:33 ` Alexandru Elisei
2021-09-08 15:09 ` Andrew Jones
2021-09-08 15:46 ` Alexandru Elisei
2021-09-08 15:49 ` Andrew Jones
2021-09-09 11:33 ` Alexandru Elisei [this message]
2021-09-09 12:49 ` Andrew Jones
2021-07-02 16:31 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 4/5] scripts: Generate kvmtool standalone tests Alexandru Elisei
2021-09-07 10:21 ` Andrew Jones
2021-09-08 15:37 ` Alexandru Elisei
2021-09-08 16:07 ` Andrew Jones
2021-09-09 11:11 ` Alexandru Elisei
2021-09-09 13:05 ` Andrew Jones
2021-09-09 13:47 ` Alexandru Elisei
2021-09-09 13:54 ` Andrew Jones
2021-09-09 14:42 ` Alexandru Elisei
2021-07-02 16:31 ` [kvm-unit-tests RFC PATCH 5/5] configure: Ignore --erratatxt when --target=kvmtool Alexandru Elisei
2021-09-07 10:25 ` Andrew Jones
2021-09-08 16:13 ` Alexandru Elisei
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