From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-14.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, UNPARSEABLE_RELAY,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93CA5C433E0 for ; Mon, 18 May 2020 11:23:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D972206D4 for ; Mon, 18 May 2020 11:23:43 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=oracle.com header.i=@oracle.com header.b="XkC0I8S9" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726957AbgERLXn (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2020 07:23:43 -0400 Received: from userp2130.oracle.com ([156.151.31.86]:38814 "EHLO userp2130.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726557AbgERLXn (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2020 07:23:43 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (userp2130.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by userp2130.oracle.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 04IBGxpx009077; Mon, 18 May 2020 11:23:26 GMT DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=oracle.com; h=from : to : cc : subject : date : message-id; s=corp-2020-01-29; bh=WhKgqWW/ss1/ui8eF5iBOOIA94Jr8CndDKl/Rj/QT98=; b=XkC0I8S9dNCz4tUgnnXy2Ec6Lt/Mo1sP5ms4dLa6YRpqon7nT802/lCejPWWds8mS3xH acvVksX396SjMzopQAV7Nvjwrk1lf1kgQfg/DjBeYhEibYaAw0oz3Iym6+3Tu9KtT5Ha zwBQhhbJoYhNqZ2SR4hK++ibRsTJAeKzb5AGdfUPfxsiMZgtrDIjOkbTobUXJwJ4ihvu m9N6WFi1uPM+9enOIWODeyM1SpyM3CkFSPh6q+77gqCOQd49uUrEfj5aEtM1bhJJtzWX mRM37DUuB8h2nT+7mEh28vGZXBTkb1uYi3FbjIRPEsWLkldrF5tBKrpAUd32223AnXtI tQ== Received: from userp3020.oracle.com (userp3020.oracle.com [156.151.31.79]) by userp2130.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3127kqx6pe-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL); Mon, 18 May 2020 11:23:26 +0000 Received: from pps.filterd (userp3020.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by userp3020.oracle.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 04IBJ5Nt036031; Mon, 18 May 2020 11:23:26 GMT Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by userp3020.oracle.com with ESMTP id 312sxq58jp-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 18 May 2020 11:23:26 +0000 Received: from abhmp0004.oracle.com (abhmp0004.oracle.com [141.146.116.10]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id 04IBNO6g031124; Mon, 18 May 2020 11:23:24 GMT Received: from localhost.uk.oracle.com (/10.175.184.176) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 18 May 2020 04:23:24 -0700 From: Alan Maguire To: shuah@kernel.org, ast@kernel.org, daniel@iogearbox.net, andriin@fb.com, bpf@vger.kernel.org Cc: kafai@fb.com, songliubraving@fb.com, yhs@fb.com, john.fastabend@gmail.com, kpsingh@chromium.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Alan Maguire Subject: [PATCH bpf-next] selftests/bpf: add general instructions for test execution Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 12:23:10 +0100 Message-Id: <1589800990-11209-1-git-send-email-alan.maguire@oracle.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.1 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9624 signatures=668686 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 phishscore=0 malwarescore=0 mlxlogscore=999 bulkscore=0 mlxscore=0 suspectscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2004280000 definitions=main-2005180102 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9624 signatures=668686 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 adultscore=0 phishscore=0 spamscore=0 bulkscore=0 clxscore=1015 priorityscore=1501 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 suspectscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 malwarescore=0 cotscore=-2147483648 lowpriorityscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2004280000 definitions=main-2005180102 Sender: linux-kselftest-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org Getting a clean BPF selftests run involves ensuring latest trunk LLVM/clang are used, pahole is recent (>=1.16) and config matches the specified config file as closely as possible. Document all of this in the general README.rst file. Also note how to work around timeout failures. Signed-off-by: Alan Maguire --- tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst index 0f67f1b..b00eebb 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/README.rst @@ -1,6 +1,52 @@ ================== BPF Selftest Notes ================== +First verify the built kernel config options match the config options +specified in the config file in this directory. Test failures for +unknown helpers, inability to find BTF etc will be observed otherwise. + +To ensure the maximum number of tests pass, it is best to use the latest +trunk LLVM/clang, i.e. + +git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project + +Build/install trunk LLVM: + +.. code-block:: bash + git clone https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project + cd llvm-project + mkdir build/llvm + cd build/llvm + cmake ../../llvm/ + make + sudo make install + cd ../../ + +Build/install trunk clang: + +.. code-block:: bash + mkdir -p build/clang + cd build/clang + cmake ../../clang + make + sudo make install + +When building the kernel with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF, pahole +version 16 or later is also required for BTF function +support. pahole can be built from the source at + +https://github.com/acmel/dwarves + +It is often available in "dwarves/libdwarves" packages also, +but be aware that versions prior to 1.16 will fail with +errors that functions cannot be found in BTF. + +When running selftests, the default timeout of 45 seconds +can be exceeded by some tests. We can override the default +timeout via a "settings" file; for example: + +.. code-block:: bash + echo "timeout=120" > tools/testing/selftests/bpf/settings Additional information about selftest failures are documented here. -- 1.8.3.1